in a simple twist of fate, lauren, myself, and mark (lauren's brother) made an unplanned stop to say hello to some puppies about 8 weeks ago....and simply fell in love. we've always talked about having a dog (many, many imaginary dogs) but it has only always been a dream, until now. we'd like to introduce our white haired, freckle bellied, floppy eared, bundle of sweet puppiness, homer chappelle chapman-gantt. homer, or "skillet" as lauren prefers, is full a blooded boxer AND full time cuddle companion for lauren. if you've followed us on twitter or facebook, you've probably had a sneak preview of our boy, but here he is in all his puppyhood glory. at such an early age, he already has a tremendous personality and fits right into our slightly hectic, constantly traveling lifestyle. he's truly the sweetest thing to happen to us, and we're so happy to share him with you. enjoy! - r.
**robbie wrote the above text, and i wrote all of the text for the images below, both of us are proud puppy parents, we had to share the writing duty this time!!**
meeting my BOY for the first time!! so tiny and wonderfully cute and fun...needless to say, pretty much love at first sight with this guy : )
with uncle mark. i have to say that my brother has been a HUGE help in raising homer...even though he lives nearly 4 hours away, he comes to visit whenever he can and has been our "go to" dog sitter. he's bonded pretty quickly with him and it makes me so happy that homer has made my relationship with my brother even more special than it is. we have also given mark all the credit in teaching homer to "fetch". he even went to bring him home with us, you can see just how tiny he was.
our first night with him...robbie and i were a little freaked out...i think homer was too.
robbie calls this his richard avedon portrait.
oh, my boys.
my most favorite image of him as a bitty puppy.
hello, could this be any more wonderful?
where there is sunshine, there is homer.
homer and grandpa tyson (robbie's parents have a boxer, he's awesome, so full of personality and a wonderful friend to robbie...about a month ago, robbie took the skillet to socialize with tyson, from what robbie said, it was pretty perfect in every way) this image makes me smile. : )
lilly the labradoodle and homer at puppy party...cute.
p.s.- in case you're wondering, homer chappelle chapmen-gantt does have his own facebook page and loves to social network ( in between napping and eating peanut butter, of course).
So cute! This may sound weird, but it makes me happy to know someone else going through their first puppy ownership too... it has calmed me down a little bit. I didn't realize how scared I would be of messing Sammy up! As always, love the pictures! Be looking out for a Sammy update soon! :-)
Posted by: Kaity | November 25, 2009 at 10:18 AM
Can he please be my God-Dog? I love him!!!
Posted by: erin | November 25, 2009 at 11:07 AM
So adorable!! What a great addition to your fam! Love the photos.
Posted by: Mary Dunlap | November 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Okay that is one adorable dog. I love love the photos :)
Posted by: Brianna Phelan | November 25, 2009 at 03:15 PM
Awww Homer is too adorable! There is nothing like having a sweet little puppy!
Posted by: Lisette Price | November 25, 2009 at 09:21 PM