A New Addition to The Family

So after months of taking care of Flash to show us how responsible she is, Arabella has earned the privilege of having her own pet. She has known all along that she wanted a female red dachshund. My mom has the same dog, only a male, and Arabella loves him to death. After months of looking we finally found one and took the kids to see her. They had no idea where we were going. So when we pulled up to a house in backwoods North Carolina with chickens, goats and sheep they looked a bit puzzled. Arabella was almost afraid to get out of the car and looked at me like what in the world are we doing here. Once we walked up onto the front porch the puppy and her brother came out and the look of awe on Arabella's face was priceless. So this is Miley Mae (named after Miley Cyrus and my mom, haha). She's all of about 3-4 lbs. But she is adorable. We'll see if I'm saying that after she wines tonight. Here she is: