Meet Okra

After months of searching nearby shelters, rescues, and craigslist we finally found our perfect puppy. He's 7 weeks old and a mix of black labrador retriever and German wirehaired pointer. We drove up to Olympia, WA to pick him up (and missed Shawn and Kevin sorely while we drove though OlyWa).

After an entire day being toted around in the van and only managing to paint the inside of his crate with excrement once, Okra (after a thorough cleaning; thanks for the hose Lida!) has made it home. He seems to be much more partial to grunting and sneezing than to barking, which we like. The video that follows is from last night when we got back to Newport.

Puppies are notoriously hard to take photos of because they never stay still. Here's a couple of our best attempts.