The puppy is here

Marley has her puppy - Cocoa. Steve, Sarah, and Marley arrived home just a few hours ago and we're ga-ga over this dog. She's so sweet and so cute - and it's been 16 years since we last had a dog.

So we're nuts. Jacy keeps referring to the puppy as "the baby." Tom rolled around on the lawn with it. Sarah lets it lick her face. David, Sam, and Joan have run around with it and held it, and introduced toys to it. I made it dinner (a mix of rice, oatmeal, carrots, and chicken breast, in case you're interested in how crazy I am) and cannot sit and serenely knit on my cabaret raglan because bizarre thoughts of knitting a huge dog bed out of bulky wool on size 15 needles - then felt it, I think - keep occupying my mind.

But she is a cute puppy!