New Addition to the Family...

... No, I'm not pregnant.. but we DID get a puppy!!! And we love her as if we had conceived her ourselves (although, that would be a sick, scary thing)
Her name is Bailey.. she's a golden retriever.. she's 8 weeks old..and she is incredibly needy.
We caved, and let her sleep in bed with us.. sadly, I think that might have ruined our chances of ever having the bed to ourselves again.. she HOWLS when we even walk out of her sight.. and she HATES being in her kennel.
She figured out how to climb over the child-gate we put up to keep her in the bathroom that has been transformed into her own bedroom (she puts her front paws up on it, and then shimmies her way up with her back legs.. until she reaches the top, and then lets herself fall over the side).. So this poses a problem... I ordered a large crate that is made for a large dog, so she'll have room to move in it, and it has a top, (for those rotten climbing dogs) so we'll probably set that up for her, and move her out of the bathroom. For now, I have to close the door to the bathroom, which is both sad, because she's shut off from the world, and REALLY hard on our door, seeing as she throws a fit and jumps and scratches it...
We were up pretty much every half hour last night to let her out to go potty (which she never did).. so we're a little sleep deprived.. but she's WELL worth it.
We'll post pictures later.. because we already have quite a few ;-)
stop by and see her if you want!