Puppy Prayers

We're getting a new puppy on Easter Sunday.  Another lab, a female.  We get first pick.  There are two black puppies and one yellow puppy.  I typed a version of this story for the people who are currently parenting our little pup and thought it would make a good blog post.

Elisabeth saw pictures of the puppies a few days ago and immediately honed in on the yellow one, because blue and yellow are her "favorite favorite" colors.  As evidence, I'd offer you her wardrobe.  If I buy her something that isn't blue and/or yellow, I get grumped at.  Since she saw the pictures (and realized the possibility of a yellow dog), she has been begging for the yellow puppy.  Each time I explain to her that we want the puppy that would fit best in our household - the nicest puppy for us regardless of whether that is a black puppy or the yellow puppy.  She seems to understand each time.   She has chosen to appeal to higher powers.  At bedtime each night, we say our prayers.  The past few nights, Elisabeth's prayers have consisted of (among other things) "Dear God, please help the yellow puppy to be nice," "Dear God, please help the yellow puppy get along with Maggie," and tonight's -  "Dear God, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease let us pick the yellow puppy."

How do we now go about picking a black puppy if that is the one we should pick???  Clearly her appeal has worked.