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Our First Child

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If you follow me on social media,
then you know that we lost our dog this week.
It seems like our entire county banned together
to help us find him.

Luckily, he decided to come back home!
We were so happy to have him back
that we fed him a steak dinner!

Since we are so grateful to have him home
and have a rekindled appreciation for our boy,
I thought I would tell you all about our first child:
Cletus

cletus3

 He was the first birthday present
I ever gave the man who would
someday be my husband.

baby Cletus

cletus guitar

cletus pup

cletus2

first family photo

Our first family photo

He was in our wedding.
(& jumped in the pond just before the ceremony)

Cletus wedding
He has moved all over the state with us.
He was my alarm & protector
all of the times that my husband worked nights.
He was my company when I was on bed rest.
He was there the day we brought our
human child home & watches him like a hawk.

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He loves to swim, play fetch,
ride in the truck & pee on my tires.

muddy cletus

I don’t know what we would do
without this sweet boy in our lives.

pecan cletus

Tell me about your furbabies!
Share in the comments section below!

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Filed Under: Homemaking Tagged With: cletus, dog, furbaby, lab, labrador retriever, pets, yellow lab

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  1. Kelly

    January 15, 2015 at 3:58 pm

    Letting the cart boys drive as fast as possible with cletus in tow to try to get him dried off in time for the wedding. lols. Totally makes me cheese every time i think about it.

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    • Caitlin

      January 20, 2015 at 8:42 am

      Ahh the memories!!

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  2. Lorri

    January 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    I am so happy Cletus returned home, safe and sound!!!! Sutton is very relieved as well.
    Love to you all!

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    • Caitlin

      January 20, 2015 at 8:42 am

      We are too! That darn dog had us tore up!
      Love you guys!

      Reply
  3. Linda Justice

    January 15, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    This is the sweetest story. So glad you found Cletus. He is a beautiful dog. He makes your beautiful family complete.

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    • Caitlin

      January 20, 2015 at 8:42 am

      Thank you Linda! We are so glad to have him home 🙂

      Reply
  4. Buddy Armour

    January 15, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    I had to go to High Point that day and Janice had to go see her mother during lunch, and so we left Holly outside. She wears a shock collar, so we figured she would be OK.I got home shortly before 5:00 PM. No Holly. I turned off the collar signal so she would not be shocked trying to come back home. We searched everywhere and slept very little. Her picture was posted on Facebook, at the pound, as many places as we could think. Thirty-eight hours later, she literally knocked on the front door. God’s hand was in her safe return. No doubt about it.

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    • Caitlin

      January 20, 2015 at 8:43 am

      So glad your story had a happy ending too!

      Reply
  5. Grandma

    January 16, 2015 at 9:28 am

    Don’t have a fur baby myself, but sure do love the ones my children have, so I guess I have fur grand babies, ha, but I am ecstatic that Cletus made his way back home. Love that dog!

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