What an adorable little baby. Kathy, I know you and Brian both are going to love having her.
And yes, all of us lab lover and owners know that there is that 2 some year oral fixation that they just have to go through. We actually got a lot - and I mean a lot, and when you think of a lot, triple it - in chew toys for our Maggie May. That was of course after the chair, the couch, some electrical cords, my one and only boots I could ride a motorcycle with at the time, I can't count how many hair thingies,......... We put them in a Maggie toy box. We emphasized that any of the toys that were in Maggie's toy box were hers to chew on, pull out, drag around the house and yard at her will. It was not perfect, but it did seem to help with that anxiety that labs go through when bored or separated from you. We had to get the strongest chew toys - usually reserved for the rottweiler breeds, anything else she'd devour in seconds. But over time, she learned what was hers and what was not. Just one pair of shoes. And like magic, one day, all the chewing was over with. Now we have a heaping box of chew toys. Surprisingly now - Maggie is about 6 years old, every once in a while she drags out a toy to play with.
It is just so very much fun and fills your heart and home with that unconditonal love.