Wednesday Night: We went looking at a couple different homes for puppies. Here is a picture of Charlie that night. We took to him immediately! He really impressed Ty and won him over that night. Early Thursday morning we decided that we had to have him.
Thursday: So around 1:00PM I drove down to Chula Vista to pick the little guy up. He cried all the way home, but was very happy once he arrived. Since we hadn't been exactly been planning on getting a puppy so soon we didn't really have anything prepared. Luckily the breeder sent us home with some bathroom pads (a wonderful invention) and some food. When Ty got home we went to the store and picked up a few more things and also decided to give him a bath. He was shivering pretty hard when we got done so I had to hold him forever until he calmed down and dried off.
Friday: Below is a picture of the little guy sleeping in his "den". He loves it in there. Today Ty was on duty so I was alone with Charlie all day and all night. At this point I still have no idea what I am doing and no clue how I am going to potty-train this pup. I was pretty overwhelmed and to be honest wondering if I got myself in over my head. We had a nice day together and cuddled and watched a movie (of course, all in between cleaning up his messes, who knew puppies went to the bathroom SO much!) That night I made a bed downstairs and slept next to his "den". It was a long night, but fun having a slumber party with him.
Saturday: Tyler got off around 11 and hurried home to play with Charlie. By this time I had read enough to figure out kind of what I am doing, at least I had a game plan. Since Ty had been on duty the night before he was pretty beat so we just spent the evening at home. We had some friends come over to see the new addition as well as the missionaries over for dinner. They all loved him! All the excitement wore little Charlie out and he went to bed pretty early.
Sunday: Today was a nice day. Charlie and Tyler are so cute together, Charlie gets so excited whenever he sees Ty his tail starts wagging and he just bounces over to him as fast as his little legs can take him. We had a pretty messed up morning but made it to church kind of on time. We ran home after sacrament to let him out, but he had a pretty bad accident while we were gone. By time I got it all cleaned up (yeah, me, Ty doesn't like the cleaning up part so much, just the playing part) it was too late for us to make it back to our last meeting. So we decided to take Charlie for a walk. He hasn't had all his shots yet, so we carried him most of the time or let him play on the blanket. He is such a scared little guy he wouldn't leave the blanket anyway. He would stick his head out over the edge as far as he could before running back to us. A helicopter went flying overhead and he ran for me as fast as he could. Hopefully he will toughen up, after all he is a Marine dog. 
Monday: Today Charlie had his first Vet appointment (at least the first one with us). He is a very healthy puppy and is progressing very well. He weighed in at just 2 pounds, although I swear he feels A LOT lighter, so the Vet gave me some diet supplement to help him out. I personally hope he stays small, but also want him to be healthy. After the vet we came home and he slept forever. 
So, that is a brief introduction to our little Charlie. We love him so much and are so happy to have him in our family. In a few weeks he will be starting his first Puppy Classes, we're excited to get him into those and get the most training we can. He seems like a pretty smart pup already and comes when I call (not when Ty does, ha ha), and I'm planning to start his training on "sit" today. I will try not to talk about him too much, but that will be very hard to do. He seems to be the only thing I can talk/think about lately. Well, I better run home and let him do his business.
