New additions to the family

Meet Shelly the newest member of the Baldwin family. She's actually Shelly III in Brian's family. We told Ryanna she could name her and she chose Shelly and it fits. Somehow Ryanna says she still remembers Shelly II who died when Ryanna was about 20 months old. She has a picture of her with Shelly so that obviously helps and Brian loved Shelly II so much it's only appropriate to remember her by giving the new puppy her name I guess. :)

Brian's sister Stefanie has a male and female papillon(that is the type of dog she is) and when they had puppies we were interested. Because they love us and are SOOO awesome they saved the mellow sweet one for us. I'm the least dog enthusiastic of the family but have to admit she is sweet, smart, and not at all a burden. The kids love her and she seems to have taken to us as well. As long as she keeps up the good work I'll be proud to announce WE ARE DOG OWNERS! Thanks Stef, John, and Lizzy for trusting her with us. We love her already.

Our neighbors have a papillon that is only about twice the size of Shelly. I like that she'll stay puppy size forever! Papillons are called the Butterfly Dog because of the resemblence of their ears to a butterfly. She's so tiny and cute but not at all afraid of any neighborhood dogs she's been around. In fact they seem more worried about her than she is of them.

Oh and one more thing. Brian finally got the couch he has wanted. Yes we already have a nice couch but it pretty much took up our entire living room and it drove Brian crazy. It took a year of "discussing" but we got it and at the right price too. We bought it in Provo for half the price it costs here in Vernal. So where is our beautiful couch?? In the garage of course making a mighty fine man cave for Brian. Somehow I don't think anyone is surprised. haha.