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I stood there trying to decide what to do.

Do I?

Do I do it?

Am I ready?

Can I handle the stress it will cause?

Can I truly enjoy the happiness this will bring?

I stood there staring at my husband and then looking down on my youngest son trying to decide. It was all 100% up to me. I got teary eye remembering how it all went down the first time around. 5 years ago I said good bye to my Labordoodle, Latte. It was by far one of the hardest things I had to do. Latte was a good dog but my children never really bonded with her as I think they were too young. Latte had so much energy that I just couldn't keep up with her. We didn't have the space she needed to run out back. She needed more from us than we could give her. I found the perfect family for her with lots of land and a boy who was struggling because he had just lost his 13 year old dog. A dog that he grew up with all his life. It was the right thing to do for all of us.

Promising myself and my husband that we would get it right this time I said......."We'll take her."

Her name is Chloe and she is a Morkie. Right now she is 9 weeks old and weights a mere 2 pounds or so. She's home curled up in my son's lap while he watches Hockey. Last night was her first night with us. She did great. Went in her crate at 10 and went right to sleep after a few hours of playing with all of us. She started to howl at 12:45 and my husband checked on her reassured her and sure enough she went back to sleep in a matter of minutes. Again she awoke at 4:30 and I went to check on her. She was fine and went back to sleep. We got up at 7 and she was so happy to see us. After checking out the towel she slept on, we do believe she peed a time or two, but of course that is expected. Today she is doing great.

So 2010 is here and I'm just piling it on. I now will be training for a 1/2 ironman, training a new puppy, taking care of the family and oh yeah my online class starts Wed through our local Community college for becoming a Physical Therapy Aide. There will be reading, tests, assignments and a final. It's been years since I did any school work! But I'm very excited about it all. Even through my tired eyes..........

Welcome Home Chloe, welcome home.