Madison’s birthday started off a little early this year, we caught her off guard and surprised her on Friday with a puppy!! Let me rewind a bit before I share everything. Madison has been begging Joe and I for a pet for the last six months, it all started when we house sat a rabbit for 3 weeks. Nothing against rabbits or anything but I wasn’t about to get a rabbit, we considered a hamster but realized it was too small and fast for Madison (she really wanted to hold her animal) we also thought about a Guinea pig but that quickly went out the door. Our last thoughts were between a cat and adding a new dog to our family, we really weighed each option for quite a while. When the final decision was made Joe and I were both very happy and excited to have a new member of the family.
Madison was so shocked, so shocked!!! She must have told Joe and I five times “I didn’t know, I can’t believe you got me a puppy, I could cry” she was so happy and so was Anthony. Since that day she has been gushing about her brand new baby (as she calls it) and just loving on her. We had some issues naming her, the kids are way to opinionated! We finally came to a consensus
Duchess Von Clover … the kids loved Duchess and I loved Clover. She’s an adorable little Clover and she does come to any name :)
Madison doing her best Sharpay (sp?) look
My little 5 year old
joe said I made a bad styling error in using black on her, he says it looks to much like a boy!
Ok just one more!
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That 3rd shot down just melts my freakin’ heart! These pics are sooo adorable and it makes me sad that we have to wait until next year (when our littlest is 1) before we get a puppy.
you could put her in a football uniform and she would make it look girly. How cute is she!!!! I love her outfit. Clover is a great name by the way. Super cute as always.
Aw.. that is SO adorable! Clover is super cute, and so is Madison… Happy birthday!
Clover is almost as cute as Madison! They make such a photogenic pair. What kind of dog is she?
So you got her!!! Welcome to the Stewart family Ms. Spicy Clover! Another cute member!
Hey Shannon —OMG what a cutie Clover is!! I can just imagine how over the moon Madison must have been!! congrats on the newest family member —she’s a doll!!
Awww!!! What an awesome present.
she is so cute! love the photos (as always!). yeah for madison!!!
ohmygosh so cute!!! Is that 3 dogs now?!!
that is the sweetest little dog!
you will have so much fun with her. we got a dog this summer finally and it’s been awesome.
the name is perfect!
so cute! I am so happy for you guys! What a nice present!
Hope you have a lovely weekend.
clover is sooo lucky to come into a family that is going to love her soooo much!!! She is tooo cute
So funny, someone sent me this link…I just named one of my twins, Clover, in July.
i love the name clover. and duchess von clover is pretty prestigous
how are the other 2 dogs doing?
Oh, the doggie is so cute! I am begging my husband to get a doggie for me for my birthday. I showed him your post to try to persuade him more. He told me that I’m not 5 years old. haha! Love the pictures as usual. I love your style!
oh she is SO cute..love the names!!! Madison is getting prettier if that’s possible!