he calls him maximus

I call him Max

Maxie

Maxine

Maxi-pad

Maxie-waxie

Maximum

and

Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North

Whatever his name is, he's just about the cutest dog ever (or so we think)

It was Memorial Day and we were in town at lunch with Kolton's family. His uncle had some puppies he'd been trying to give away but we had a million excuses as to why we couldn't take one of them.

Finally on this day we realized that our excuses weren't really all that good and that maybe we should just take a puppy.

Let me tell you-it was a BIG decision. We went back and forth for about an hour and then finally said yes without looking back.

The next day he was delivered to us. I heard Kolton pull up in the pickup and went outside to see if we had made a mistake. I looked around the corner and saw a little ball of brown and black running at me and fell head over heels. And I'm a cat person!

 But he's really been a good little dog when he's not chewing up everything in sight and digging up my flower beds.

We still kinda like him.

Kolton loves having a buddy to take to work with him and I like the prospect of having a running buddy if I ever decide to take up running.

He's just a little guy for now but he's grown so much and I've got a hunch he is gonna be huge. At least I hope one day he'll grow into his ginormous paws.

 Apparently we are dog people now!