Two Brothers Like No Other: New Member of the Family

Last September, we were sad to say goodbye to our oldest “son” Scooter. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of him.

Up until last month, my desktop on my laptop was Scooter’s picture and every time Cody would see it he would yell at Scooter to come out of the screen. Even he misses Scooter.

Doyle kept saying that the best way to heal from Scooter was to get a new puppy. I didn’t want a new puppy. I wanted Scooter!!!

The boys started looking for miniature schnauzers. We were worried about Cody because he is not too fond of small dogs. We went to visit a family with 4 week old mini schnauzer puppies and although I had already picked out an all black one, Cody kept going back to a salt and pepper one and petting it. The other puppies he would just tap their head with one finger while this one puppy he would whole-handedly pet. We decided to get her instead of the black puppy.

We visited her weekly at her breeder’s to feed her and get her used to our sent. The boys looked forward to the visits (though I think Doyle looked forward to them even more than the kids!).

This is the first day we met her. She was so tiny!

DJ loved (and still loves) to cuddle with her. If you lay her on her back and cradle her she wraps her two front paws around your hand.

The proud “dad” (he wanted to be her daddy, which made us the grandparents – NOT COOL!) of his 5 week old puppy.

Even Cody held her (at 6 weeks) and that amazed us that he really liked her.

On Dec 3rd, she was finally old enough to come home with us! She was wrapped with a bow and everything.

The proud daddy was so excited to come home from school to find her waiting for him.

We are excited to have Lexus part of our family. The boys love her and I find them cuddling with her constantly. She is a great puppy that we know Scooter would have loved!

She enjoyed her first Christmas with us and received quite a few gifts. Most of them have already been torn apart and have been thrown away. :)