Name

On Friday night, I talked to Megan from the CARES, Inc.  The names of the two 11 week old puppies they have are Rowe and Haise.  Each litter has a theme. For Lele, my parents' dog, the theme was Regional Airlines.  They chose Mokulele, a Hawaiian regional airline.  Our puppy's litter's theme is "Survivors".  The female of the litter is Gabby, as in Gabby Gifford.  The two males are Rowe and Haise.  Rowe is a survivor of a war (we think the Vietnam War, but she can't remember).  And Haise is a survivor from Apollo 13.  So we're choosing Haise!

  

Fred Haise - Apollo 13 Survivor

"Fred Wallace Haise, Jr. (pronounced /ˈheɪz/ hayz)^[1] (born November 14, 1933) is an engineer and former NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon." Read the Wikipedia article here. Of course we would choose an engineer :)

On Monday morning, we will talk to Megan again and make plans to have Haise shipped to Richmond.  The sooner we get him, the better!  She also might send us some pictures!