puppy fever

So...we want a puppy.  Yes, it's true.  Will this puppy be filling the baby void?  Probably.  I'm ok with it.  The breeder we got Tuck from (I know, I know...rescuing is the way to go...unless your husband is in the vet industry and is VERY particular about the kinds of dogs we get and knowing their history...sue us, would ya) has many litters being born between now and the holidays.  Silver labs!  That's right!  Gorgeous dogs.  Now, some background...it is roughly once a month I will go to Petsmart and text Josh a pic of a puppy with the subject line "can I bring him/her home?" And his response is generally one of the following: "Babe..." or "Why do you do this every time you leave the house" or "Please no" haha!  Well there I was on facebook at work (oops) and I'm friends with the breeder and they had a litter of silvers that were ready for adoption.  Please note they were born ON MY BIRTHDAY therefore I was convinced this was destiny.  So what do I do? I text a pic of "Munson" to my doting husband with a message saying that razzle dazzle has a new litter available and please look at this precious face.  I was fully prepared for one of his normal responses.  This time I figured it would be something like "you really have to stop this, I don't want another dog" :) but he didn't say that!  He said "wow, he's cute."  Um DUH!  So then there was some conversation about getting a new pup and we really did agree that right now is not the best time.  Having a big dog it's important to be able to train them properly and we aren't home enough right now to have a puppy.  I honestly 100% agreed.  Keeping in mind I'm leaving my job at the end of March (HELL YES) to go do my own adventure (hopefully teaching Zumba and making babies) then we could revisit the idea when I'm home.  Absolutely.  Fast forward 4 hours.  There I am in the kitchen making dinner (I'm effing susie homemaker) and Josh says to the DOG "Tucker, do you want a little brother?" and I screamed "omg YOU want a puppy!!!" He said that he really does want a puppy.  Turns out he doesn't want a mut from Petsmart (sorry) but he wants labs and only labs.  Um OK! Have you seen how gorgeous my dog is?!  Not the brightest crayon in the box (he eats socks) but my god he's beautiful! And not to mention his gentle demeanor and lovable-ness :) So...then this crazy brain of mine started chugging.  I was on the RDL website and saw that they're expecting litters to be ready to go home in late Oct, late Nov, late Dec AND late Jan!  I said, well the month of December is very slow at work and we are required to take 2 weeks off anyway...I have vacation time so I could take the week before off and have 3 weeks to get deep into training the new pup and then I'm basically done working a few months after that!  He is not totally against this idea...and I'm peeing myself.  Josh's only other point was that we are actively trying to get pregnant, and having a puppy and a baby is a lot.  Agreed.  HOWEVER, I'm not even pregnant yet therefore there's a MINIMUM of 9 months before we would have both and the puppy wouldn't be a puppy (ok kind of) anymore. (Did I mention this is filling the void??:) )  At least he would be housebroken and able to stay alone a little longer.  Then I said "Don't you want a houseful of kids and dogs?!" He said he does but he doesn't want a houseful of pee and chewing.  Well...having kids will destroy our house too...I'm not too worried ;)

All that being said this may not pan out.  The only reason I wouldn't be sad about it is because I worry that Tucker won't like having a brother.  He is on a very strict sleeping schedule (much like his mother) and loves his down time.  He's past the puppy stage and into the lounging part of life.  He is basically retired.  If it's past 10pm and we aren't in bed he is legitimately pissed :) But maybe he would love having a brother.  He does LOVE other dogs (shout out to his cousin, Murphy)  Who knows! but this is fun!!