What's New With the Yeager's?

Glad you asked! I haven't had the chance to share all of the fun and exciting additions to the Yeager household. Boy...you are in for a BIG treat!

Well, I'll start with the most recent and without a doubt, the most precious addition to the Yeager household.....Duke!

Yep, that's my Dukester, Dookie Boo Boy....NO, I'm not crazy and I haven't lost my mind...YES, Matt is a big push over and softie (Heehee!). So, for those of you wondering how in the world we ended up with a fourth dog and why in the world Matt allowed this, here's a quick version of the story:

It was a beautiful Saturday, so Matt and I headed to PesSmart to get some animal supplies (more to come on this in a bit...). Being that we have a household full of animals, we frequent PetSmart quite often and our outings usually occur on a Saturday.

One thing that I should mention to you softies out there who fall for every droopy eyed, slobbery tongued, waggin' tailed dog out there....DO NOT GO TO PETSMART ON THE WEEKEND IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO LEAVE WITH A NEW FURRY FAMILY MEMEBER! Yeah, me and Matt see it all the time, we enter PetSmart, I "Oooh and Ahhh" over all the cute homeless dogs, and finally once I've petted and kissed them all, I leave them be, hoping someone will come in right behind me and snatch them up. Matt's also gotten really good at "THE LOOK"...you know, when he senses me falling for one of these cuties, he instinctively throws out "THE LOOK" before I have a chance to be completely sucked in, then we normally go about our way. Key word, NORMALLY...

This time, we entered PetSmart and I immediately got a huge smile on my face, I had forgotten it was Pet Adoption day! And, oh, there were sooo many dogs!!! Well, I immediately spotted Duke, I guess it's a hound thing, I'm completely sucked in by the droopy eyed, long eared adorableness! Right when I laid eyes on Duke, I knew there was something special about him! I don't know why, but I sensed God speaking to my heart, telling me He wanted us to open our home to this sweet boy. And all the while, I sensed that Matt felt the same way, Matt actually seemed to really like this dog!

Well, I loved on him and then it was time to "walk away", so be it as hard as it was, I turned around and walked off, but not before turning around for one LAST glimpse.....and saw something very similar to this:

The most adorable, pitiful, soulful eyes looking at me, imprinting themselves and the body to which they belonged, permanently onto my heart!

So after asking all night long and all day Sunday, Matt finally said yes to our sweet boy! We called the shelter, jumped in our car at 4:00 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and drove 1 1/2 hours to Mt. Vernon, where we picked up our Duke.

Duke fits in wonderfully at our house and is big buddies with Red. Red thinks he's a great tug of war partner.

Maci thinks he's a pretty good snuggle buddy.

And I'm happy to say that now, instead of a pitiful pleading look on his face, Duke now has a permanet smile on his face and heart, as do I!