After three years of marriage, Carrie Jansen and her husband Nic were sick of relatives bugging them about when they were going to have kids.

So Carrie, who lives in Anamosa, Iowa, decided to throw her friends and family for a loop when she posted a maternity-style photo shoot with her new golden retriever puppy Leelu on Facebook.

Carrie Jansen Carrie posed with the dog collar as if it were a pregnancy test and put Leelu in her shirt to create the cutest, cuddliest baby bump.

Carrie also shared pictures from the shoot on Imgur, where they have since been viewed more than 728,000 times since she posted them on Tuesday.

Courtesy of the couple Leelu doing what she does best: being adorable.

“We hear the usual comments, usually from aunts, our moms, and our grandmothers,” Carrie told The Huffington Post. “Questions like ‘When are you guys going to start having kids?’ And ‘Now is a good time to have one, that way your child and (insert cousin’s kid’s name) will be around the same age!’”

Courtesy of the couple Carrie and Nic on their wedding day.

Neither Carrie nor Nic have any intentions of having kids now or down the road.

“The [comment] that bugs me is the, ‘You’ll change your minds someday!’” she said. “Because I’ve felt this way about it for years and I’m not going to change my mind.”

Courtesy of the couple The family Christmas card.

Just because Carrie has chosen to remain child-free doesn’t mean she doesn’t like kids. In fact, she told HuffPost that she loves them. She just doesn’t want any of her own. Plain and simple.

“I work at an elementary school and I love seeing the kids and interacting with them,” she said. “I would never discourage anyone from having kids if they want them. My sister Becca has an 18-month-old boy and I love being an aunt to him. I just don’t want to be a mother ― I’ve never seen it for my life.”

For now, Carrie and Nic want to take lots of trips and bring Leelu along as their travel buddy. Sounds like a plan to us!