Please meet our newest family member, Lola!

Right before we left for the Christmas party at church last Sunday, the breeder we had been in contact with about our puppy called to say she'd be in town and could we pick her up?! It was short notice, but we did it - Tom got her and brought her to the church, where she rode in the stroller during the whole party! :) The kids were super excited. It's their first dog and they've been wanting one for sooooo long. They named her Lola after the cutest little cartoon on tv, Charlie and Lola (it's their favorite and their best. ;)) Chandler maintained very matter-of-factly that "Her name is Scissors" (the dog's name in Charlie and Lola) but Taylor was very put off by the fact that Scissors is a boy dog. We finally compromised and her name became Lola Scissors Reagh.

Here are some pictures in no particular order. Notice that already, she's a daddy's girl - she perches on Tom's back when he's laying on the floor at the computer (he's been working on it, so it's in the floor). Brayden is very laid back about the whole puppy thing. He prefers to pretend that she's not ever here. :) The last picture was supposed to be our family picture to go out in our Christmas cards, but unbeknownst to us the resolution wasn't set high enough making them useless as prints. :P So, none of you all get a family picture this year - though I think the birth of this blog more than makes up for one family picture! :)