True Puppy Love

In honor of our dear Ella turning three today, I thought I'd write a bit about Puppy Love. And about how everyone needs a little Puppy Love in their life. Especially every Little One. My Little One absolutely adores our puppy Ella. He loves to chase her around the house, play tug-o-war with her, pet her (or pull on her fur, depending on how he's feeling), roll around with her, watch her through his window and of course, he also just loves to love her.

Our beautiful Dog of Honor. :)

And Ella, like most every dog, just loves him right back. She plays with him, puts up with him, sometimes runs from him, but all in all, they are great little friends. And I really love how patient she is with Reece. When he pulls her hair or tail, or sticks a finger in her eye or mouth, she either just allows him to finish what he's doing, or just licks his hand. Imagine your hair getting pulled by a baby and instead of screaming or raising a fuss, you just kiss the baby. That's Ella. That's Puppy Love. And it just makes sense that two of Reece's first words were "dog" and "Ella". (Or first it was "La-la".)

Peeking on the couch at the baby. :)

Petting, pulling and loving. That's their Game of Love.

A boy and his dog. 

Ella and one of her toys. Taking a toddler break.

Always together. Well, together a lot. Ella does like her
 downtime. Plus, she needs time for her hair to grow
back. After being pulled out by little hands.

"Play with me? Please?!?"

Our Beautiful Ella. Or our Nana. Just like in Peter Pan. :)

Both playing with the shark.

Both tongues are sticking out. What a pair. :)

I just love this little dog. No dog could be better.

Sweet Puppy Kisses.

Puppy Tug-a-war.

Our little Fam. Complete with an Ella yawn.

Ella is just so special. She leaves paw prints on your heart. :)

Ella is usually always close by to wherever
Reece is. And that's what I call True Puppy Love.

Ella and Reece just hanging out. (Even though Ella looks
 more like a dog ghost in this picture than a dog companion.)

But I hope everyone has some true Puppy Love in their life. There's just nothing quite like it.