10 Years = 70 Dog Years, right?!

Friday, November 28th, was our 10 year wedding anniversary! It has been a wonderful 10 years. To celebrate we went downtown and stayed a night at the new Four Seasons hotel. We did this a few weeks ago when Scott's parents were in town to keep the kids. It is a delightful place to stay, we felt very pampered. Scott made all the plans (with a little direction :)). We went to look at a couple of dogs since we were without the kids and then we checked in. We had a really wonderful dinner at Carmine's Steak House. Scott had steak and I had scallops. Below is our view out of our 17th floor window.


So, we went to look at a couple of dogs before checking in to a hotel to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Well, that is not as bad as going to the grocery store. We have been in the market for a family pet and are trying to make a better decision than our puppy decision over the summer. One of the dogs was a friend of a friend and the other one we found in the paper. We went to look at both dogs, Blitzen and Sadie. Blitzen was hyper, but Sadie was hairy!! We decided to dog sit Blitzen for a couple of days to see if he would calm down once he got to know us. He did but we still did not want to rush into anything. We sent him back to his owner and took a while to think about it. We ended up getting Blitzen on Friday. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

Blitzen came with his name and since he seems to know it and it is festive we have decided to keep it. He is a chocolate lab mix and weighs about 65 lbs. He should be full grown...we hope. He has golden eyes and an adorable head tilt he does when you speak to him. He appears to really be listening although most of the time his behavior does not prove this thought! We hope he integrates into our family over the next couple of weeks and that he ends up being a good fit. We are not sending out the Christmas cards with his picture just yet!