Peer pressure

Today Laura and I finally gave in to the peer pressure we've been fighting off for over two years, and we put a deposit down for a dog. Yes, I know, we have now joined the ranks of young married couples who have dogs instead of babies. Anyway, we are getting an Akita, which means two things: 1) our dog will be way bigger than your dog, and 2) our dog will be bigger than Laura. We are getting a girl, and she was born on July 30th. We'll road trip down into Texas to get her sometime around October 1st. So until then we're going to be busy trying to figure out a name, buying all the eight billion things that a puppy needs, starting to read puppy training books, and periodically posting pictures of her. Here's the first, which was taken yesterday:
In other news, we finally put up pictures of our house on Facebook. Also, Laura and I are flying to Portland in two weeks, and miraculously, in the 39 hours we will be there, an REI used gear sale will be happening.