I realized tonight that I neglected to introduce you all to Nathan's Birthday Present. His name is Murphy, and he's a golden retriever.
The night before Nathan's birthday, we loaded him into the car for a mysterious ride to a small town, about an hour and a half away. There we went into the breeder's home, and allowed Nathan to pick a puppy. He was all excited. It took him a long time to decide. But at last we walked out of there, with an adorable golden fluffball in our arms. He was 7-1/2 weeks old when we brought him home (we took that picture when we got home).
Choosing a name was hard. Nathan was pretty set on Scooby, but dh and I were not so crazy about that. But Grandma said he looks like a Murphy, and dh and I loved that name. Nathan wasn't so sure at first, but then when I looked it up on the internet, and said it was Irish for "Hound of the sea," Nathan was thrilled. (He's quite the fisherman now, you know) Dh has a small fishing boat, and Nathan has been begging to go fishing since about mid December. (I think it was about ten below back then, or at least it felt like it...)
So now I'm surrounded by my 'men of the sea.' Hm, I should have rethought this. There's far too much testosterone around here, LOL!
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