Talk about fate. . . on Saturday morning we headed out to run a few errands and during our drive to Fry's Chickpea asks for a fish.  Paypay and I look at each other and say 'Okay, let's go to the pet store and see.'  We finish our errands and head to the pet store, well we thought that buying a fish consisted of a bowl, water and plouff..... instant aquarium we were oh so very wrong.  After talking to one of the associates we quickly realized that we were in this for no less than $75 and had to wait a week before bringing home a fish so the water "could mineralize".   They didn't have the model that we were interested in but the store closer to our home did so off we go.

On our way back, we restarted our conversation about getting a puppy.  Molly has been gone now for over 2 years and we can still feel the void of not having a dog.  We know that we can't replace her but felt that it was time to start looking for a puppy.  For a few weeks now i've been researching breeds and was in process of narrowing them down to three but we hadn't made any final decisions yet.

Paypay needed a haircut and the barber is next door to the pet store, so Chickpea and I head to the store and Paypay would following 15 - 20 minutes later.  We walk in and what did we see, a Rescue Shelter was there and had lots of animals up for adoption.  Since we had plenty of time I say to Chickpea "Let's go look at the dogs."  We walk over to the dogs and I came face-to-face with an adorable mix Lab, Chickpea says to me "Look Mom, he's the cutest puppy ever."  We started to pet him and I started asking questions, the more I asked the more I fell for the puppy.... I knew then and there I was in trouble.  I took a picture and emailed it to Paypay without any comments just the picture.  He arrives 5 minutes later and finds Chickpea and I sitting in an aisle playing.  Chickpea sees her Dad and says "Daddy can we bring Teegs home? Please Daddy.  He needs a home and we can give it to him."   Paypay being the big hearted guy he is, took one look at us and went to meet with the puppy's foster owner and started asking questions too. 

2 hours later we walked out of the store the proud owners of Teegs along with food, bed, crate, toys and everything needed for our new family member.  We didn't care fo the name Teegs and renamed him Bogie because i've always wanted to name my dog Bogie.  But it didn't sit well and this morning Paypay suggested  Max and even though I had my heart set on Bogie I just couldn't get Max out of my head and so . . . . here's Max.