Meet Coco Chanel, fondly known as Coco. She's a four-pound lap warmer who came home with us on the advice of our friend who is a dog trainer. Her eyes are not green and demonesque, but I couldn't straighten that out. Tilly is mothering her, as we thought she would, and Maddie vacillates between amusement, jealousy, and depression. We did manage to seat our family of five on the chair and footstool in my office and have everyone get along, so I have high hopes for a harmonious future in our household.
I'm still giddy over Tuesday's results. Not-Blogless-for-long Spring and I went to NYC on Wednesday, and there were lots of happy folks with Obama pins on their jackets. Nicholas Kristof captured what may be my main reason for joy in his op-ed piece in today's Times. It's about time we moved away from sound bites towards real, robust, meaningful statements.
Coco is snoozing away as I write. Pretty soon I have to get up to do my pushups, but I'll find another way to amuse myself for a few moments longer. Maybe looking for couture dog sweater patterns will do the trick!
Awwwwwwwwww...
What a pretty new baby.
Posted by: Cookie | November 09, 2008 at 02:57 PM
What an adorable puppy! I've been trying to talk Bob into a puppy, but he's not certain that we're ready to be dog people... And we're not sure that Smokey Joe is ready to accommodate a dog in his feline world. Maybe when we move away from Texas. I think Coco's eyes look like little bits of turquoise in this pic, which is kinda cool.
Hope your semester is going well! I've finally hit that point where it's all (thankfully) downhill--yay!
Posted by: k | November 09, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Awwww, what a sweetie!
Posted by: Amy | November 09, 2008 at 04:15 PM
What a lovely little creature!
Posted by: teabird | November 09, 2008 at 05:25 PM
Eee! Adorable! Mutts are the best breed.
Posted by: cari | November 09, 2008 at 05:31 PM
Aww how adorable. Funny I never realized this I have a dog Mattie and another Chantilly which we call Tilly. Interesting!!!!
Hugs!!!
Posted by: Cat | November 09, 2008 at 05:47 PM
Awww.....almost makes me want another puppy too!!!! I love her!
Posted by: Karen | November 09, 2008 at 06:16 PM
A face to love! Lucky you and lucky Coco!
Posted by: Nancy | November 09, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Coco looks adorable. I'm sure she'll be accepted by all the family members soon. How was week 1 of pushups?
Posted by: Michelle | November 09, 2008 at 09:12 PM
I can't wait to meet her!!
Posted by: Sarey | November 09, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Oh, Coco is a doll! I have dog envy!
xoxo
Posted by: Nora | November 10, 2008 at 06:52 AM
Oh, I love her! I can't wait to see more pictures of her hanging out with the big(ger) girls. :)
I loved Obama's "Mutt like me" statement. I'm a mutt, too!
Posted by: elisa | November 10, 2008 at 01:01 PM
Yay!!!! I knew it!!!! I was just going to send an email to ask about the puppy because I had a sneaky suspicion...
Congratulations on adding a new furry member to your family. She will bring you so much joy and happiness. I can't wait to see more pics or maybe you can bring her to knitting in your tote. ;)
Posted by: Spring | November 10, 2008 at 01:54 PM
she is adorable! and i loved reading about you election experience. it was one of the most inspired days of my life too!
Posted by: kv | November 20, 2008 at 03:35 PM
So jealous. Someday this will be a mutli canine household. Right now Huck loves being an only
Posted by: kathy b | December 10, 2008 at 07:33 PM