Benny.

DJ has four sisters, and is the only son in his family.

When his mom was pregnant with their last baby, 

DJ's parents told him that if this baby was a boy, he would get to have a little brother, 

but if it was a girl, they would buy him a puppy friend. 

Well, due to many unforeseen circumstances, 7 years have passed and still no puppy.

Until now!

Basically I am the best wife ever and arranged to adopt this little buddy to celebrate DJ's graduation!

Meet Benjamin Franklin "Benny" Odom, our new little lover boy!

We can't even handle how adorable he is. 

He is a 6 week old Border Collie/Labrador mix.

We were given him for free from some great friends up in Snowflake.

He is unbelievably patient (which will be great when we have kids), 

but is super playful and energetic at the same time.

He is still getting used to being away from his litter mates, 

so nighttime has been challenging the last few nights. 

Fortunately, we brought two of his sisters back to the valley with us, 

and one of them is with DJ's parents, so he has friends to play with. 

He is such a peach and watching DJ interact with him is the cutest thing I have ever seen. 

Like major swoon.

I love my boys!

This is Benny with his two sisters that came back to the valley with us,

 Callie (the fluffy grey beauty on top) and Bailey (the sweet fatty on the left).

We had a three hour drive with three pups. Talk about an adventure!

They all did so good on the ride home, they mostly snuggled up with each other and napped. 

Baby Benny's favorite thing to do is nap.

When he is all finished playing, he will curl up wherever he wants and it's about impossible to wake him up.

He's such a snuggle bug, he loves to lay chest to chest with his nose nuzzled up in your neck.

We love our little guy and we couldn't have gotten a sweeter puppy!

Welcome home Benny!