Sometimes Seeing Your Christmas Present Early is a Good Thing.

Daddy got to see his Christmas present early this year.  And that does not mean that he snuck into the attic and peeked into a box that was forbidden.  Not at all.  This year his present could not wait to see him!!  This year he got a little puppy!  For who knows how long, Daddy has wanted a Border Collie.  Not only to herd cows, but to be a companion.  Years ago Dad did not want an inside dog.  But Hattie while growing up wanted one sooooo badly.  So eventually Dad gave in and said that Hattie could pick out a dog.  So off we went to the pound to find the perfect little puppy waiting for us, Lilly.  So through the years, Dad has become VERY attached to Lilly!  The bigger they are the harder they fall I say.  ;)  So  for a long time now Dad has been wanting a Border Collie. He never asked for one.  But he would all the time be looking up stuff about them and talking about a friend of ours that had one and how loyal his was.  It was funny to watch him talk about Border Collies.  He would end up grinning like a kid in a candy shop!  So we decided that this year we would do something big for him.  And there was no doubt what that big present would be!  We had been looking at this one guy's puppies but when Mom called him back to talk to him some more he said that he only had one left!  So mom said the she would take it.  On Thursday we went to get it and almost instantly we knew that it was the right one for us.  We did not have a good way to keep it a secret until Christmas so we just gave it to him Thursday afternoon when we got home from getting it.  We were so sure on what name we thought was the best, that we named it and got it a tag for its collar before Daddy even saw it!  Her name is Reagan.  Can you guess who was Dad's favorite president?  ;)
   So without further ado, here are some pictures of Reagan.

Is that not so cute?!  She just fell asleep half under the bed and half out and slept like that for a while.  Until she came to for a second and realized that Dad was sitting at his desk.

So she moved to sit by him.  How sweet!

Merry Christmas, Daddy!