Willis Jensen

On April 27, 2011 Bryant and I were pleased to welcome "Willis" into our little family. In case you're curious, Willis's name comes from the former Miami Hurricane football player, Willis McGahee.

If you want to be grossed out, watch this video:

Bryant insisted that the puppy's name be a former Miami player's name. I love Jeremy Shockey, but that didn't seem to fit. Neither did Ray Lewis, Ken Dorsey, Ed Reed, Andre Johnson, Vinny Tesaverde, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.........etc. So Willis it was!

This was the day I brought him home. He was super excited to get out of Edgar's Cat Carrier.

Edgar and Willis still aren't sure what to think of each other

This was his first bath. He wasn't a fan...especially once I turned the hair dryer on him.

Bryant loves him though!

So does Wayne (Bryant's dad)

The first couple days that we had Willis, I switched his food on him too suddenly, which supposedly is really bad for dogs. On top of that, he's a little glutton who doesn't want to waste anytime chewing his food before it hits his stomach; he prefers to swallow it whole. Needless to say, Willis was one sick puppy. I ended up staying up with the poor little guy all night. The next morning I took him to the vet and when I got home, I took him downstairs and he crawled up on the back of the couch and went to sleep by Bryant and Edgar. I'm a little bias, but this is probably the cutest picture ever. :)

This is his massive crate. Obviously it's a little big now, but its so nice to be able to put him in the spare bedroom at night and not worry about him, rather than outside.

But during the day when I'm at work and with Bryant just starting his 5 week externship with a firm in downtown Salt Lake, leaving him outside was inevitable. And so I went to Walmart and bought him this Fisher-Price inspired dog house. I felt sooooooo guilty when I left this morning and it was pouring rain outside. At least this way he has shelter.

He doesn't completely hate going for rides in the car. In fact, his latest thing he enjoys doing is sliming my back windows.

He also enjoys lounging on his back under the bar in the kitchen.

After almost 2 weeks together, he's learned to sit and lay down on command and we can now go on walks around the neighborhood without him refusing to walk with me.

I love my baby Willis!