BRINGING HOME STELLA MAE

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY..this is about our newest LOVE!!!

You know how hard it was for us to lose Daisy. And Mr. Nine was not really interested in getting another doggie. But a Christmas miracle happened when during that evening, he asked me if I got everything I wanted? I said, “well no I didn’t, you know how my heart aches for another doggie” 

and he said let’s do it. He got on board and excited from the get-go and now Miss Stella Mae is “his girl!”

2nd day home with Daddy.

We knew right away we wanted a poodle mix because of the hypoallergenic aspect. Our kids had gotten a Cavapoo and so we started investigating and ultimately went towards a Havapoo that we had seen last summer on our family vacation. We found that one of the top five breeders was just two hours north of us in Grand Rapids. There was one close in our area but when I called, they didn’t even know when their next litter was, and I felt like there was no heart there and their puppies were all in cages. Enter our dear Becky from Pride's Poodles who does all in-home breeding, the puppies have their own rooms free to roam, she trains them she gives them the best natural food and treats and loves them like her grand-babies! I knew right away she was our person. She had just had a litter of Havapoos too, born on 12-11-21.

This is Stella's Mom, the mini Poodle.

We decided on a name before we even saw her, we originally wanted to keep a "D" name with the Mae, kind of taking after Daisy but Mr. Nine came up with Stella and it just fit and then everything there after would cause us to know that it was indeed meant to be the name. From our son’s girlfriend growing up on Stella Street to the first collar I looked at having the name Stella on it to the name of the treats our breeder fed her puppies, it was all just meant to be.

 

So just a couple weeks after Christmas we went to visit her four-week-old Havapoo litter. Our first choice was already reserved but that was ultimately meant to be because the little merle havapoo, the runt of the litter, Stella Mae stole our heart! 

Meeting for the first time at 4 weeks old.

To be honest, we almost reserved two that day they were so precious. Becky kept us in the know sending texts and photos of our sweet girl until pick up day.

Photo from Becky, our girl 5 weeks old.

We were counting down the days and we’re so excited to go pick her up. I even had a monogramed Travel Tote made for her from Land's End.

BUY TOTE ...GREAT SALE 

(I own 6 of these sturdy bags)

 Becky had bathed her and put her in a little sweater with a matching blanket and a sweet treat bag for the trip home. 

She slept most of the way and we put her on a pee pad in the trunk to try and potty, but she just wanted to sleep in mama’s lap.

I had to go into the grocery store and then she slept on daddy.

You guys, I cannot even begin to explain how precious and sweet she is! She has brought so much joy to us in just one week, it is unreal! Yes, the first few nights were a little restless but by night five she had slept through the night. She is so funny and is doing all the funny things like jumping up on the dishwasher, lol!

Oops, I got in the plant moss

I've got a friend in the stove, lol...the bar is the perfect height for her.

I’m sure you will be seeing lots of Stella Chronicles and I’m so excited to watch her grow! She turned two months old Last Friday!

Get "My Dog is My Valentine" Sweatshirt HERE

Happy Valentine's Day EVERYDAY

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xoxo

SWEET ANNOUNCEMENT

I can’t believe it’s been 2 1/2 years since we lost our precious Daisy Mae (read that tearjerker post HERE) and I was ready for a new doggie about a year after. However, Mr. Nine was not and we are a couple and make these decisions together and it was important to me that he was on board too. I did beg and plead for many months but he just wouldn’t budge.

Broken hearts are hard sometimes.

But a Christmas miracle happened when he told me the puppy search could begin on Christmas night! Or maybe it was the I don’t want to hear Andrea asking for a puppy anymore or maybe it was my wife’s been through a lot this past year and the time has come for her wish to come true. Or maybe it truly was that Mr. Nine was finally ready too!

 

Whatever it was, it felt like a miracle to me, and we are both so excited, we were over the moon to meet her this past weekend and cannot wait to bring her home & introduce her to you!

We bring her home on February 5th and it is going to be such a glorious day! Yes yes, I know we may have some sleepless nights but the joy that fur babies bring will make it all worth it! She is the perfect little doll to add to our family and as empty-nesters, I think we just really needed her!

 

Some of you may have seen my Instagram Reel announcing we were getting a puppy on Monday. I know, it might seem over the top to announce a puppy but it’s a sweet big deal to us! And we had to laugh that we wondered how many people who didn’t read the caption would think us 50 something’s were having a baby when they saw us holding up the little sweater, lol! A couple people did and one lady thought we were getting fur baby#9!! Whoa, I only want one, or two, lol!

 

Captured these hilarious pictures of Mr. Nine holding the little sweater, which is going to be way too big for her, lol, as we were trying to get the video for Instagram, too cute!

And since I normally do fashion on Wednesday here is my outfit deets along with the puppy sweater and Mr. Nine's look, lol

Sweater HERE // Jeans HERE// Boots HERE// Necklace HERE

Dog Sweater HERE

Mr. Nine's Flannel HERE // Fresh Tee HERE
 

Lots of puppy sweetness will be coming your way in the weeks and months to come. More about her name, her breed and all the signs that showed us this was the right time to get our girl coming soon!

xoxo