New Friend

Well, the weather has finally been nice enough for us to get outside, so you can bet we did just that this morning. I intended for our walk to be a short one, hopefully just long enough to get William to fall asleep so I could get some stuff done around the house when we got back. About halfway through our walk, though, this little cutie came scampering across the street toward us, looking for some loving and someone to play with:

I gladly obliged, assuming the owner would be following shortly behind. But no one came. So I played with the puppy some more. And still no one came. I knew I couldn't just walk away and leave the puppy alone in the street, so I called the veterinarian's office listed on the dog's tag. They quickly confirmed the dog's identity, and promised to put the owners in touch with me so they could retrieve their puppy. Unfortunately, I had no way of knowing how long it would take to get a hold of the owners, so I had no choice but to bring the puppy home with me.  All I have to say about that experience is that Darrell and I will never be getting a puppy so long as there is an infant in the house. I definitely had my hands full. Thankfully, the owners called about thirty minutes later, and before long I was back to just one fussy baby in the house.

Definitely ended up being a lot more eventful of a walk than I had bargained for; hopefully they don't all turn out that way!