The Newest Family Member

A few weeks ago, I put up a poll in this post for you all to guess what mine and Cody's big news was. A ton of you voted that I got a new job, we bought a house, we were having a baby, we bought cars and a couple of you said we got a puppy.
In this post I revealed that Cody and I were actually getting our own place, an apartment, closer to the center of Memphis (we lived in a small town about 20 minutes away before) but I guess, in reality, there was another option that worked too.
The Saturday after we officially got the apartment, Cody and I went for a visit to my Mom's house where she introduced us, and later convinced us to take him home, this little guy.

If you follow me on my twitter you've seen me talking about him. His name is Exo and he's a miniature  (well, we aren't sure about the mini) dauschund and chihuahua mix aka a Chiweenie aka a German Taco or aka a Mexican Hot Dog. You know, whatever. (I'm partial to German Taco myself)

I didn't reveal him on the blog yet, partly because I've been so busy but also because it was touch and go as to whether or not we were going to keep him permanently. He was completely unhouse trained and house training a puppy is something I have never done before. It was rough. Especially during finals.

So much so that I had to send him back to my mom's just to get some studying done. While he was gone, I realized I really really missed him and convinced Cody to give it another chance, since we still had over a week before we moved into the apartment.

When he came back home, it was like a switch went off in his head! He suddenly knew where the back door was and went there when he needed to go! We also invested in a big puppy playpen (it's 8 panels that are each 2 feet long that you can configure in any shape you want so it's plenty big for him) and some puppy potty pads and we've all reached a happy medium.

So now, I'm ready to reveal him on this blog! He's 13 weeks old and he's officially the baby of our family which is good, because I don't want a real baby for a long time!

If you're anything like me, you want to know why we named him what we did. Well, since he's part chihuahua  his eyes bulge out. In hyperthyroidism (Grave's disease to be exact), you can develop a symptom in which your eyes bulge out called exophthalmos and so, Exo was named!
We had a rough start, but I am so glad that he's part of our family now. I honestly can't imagine life without him and I'm so glad that his breed can live for a long time! Would you want to see update posts about the puppy on the blog?

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