This is me in April of 2004 with our first baby, Cocoa (9wks old at the time). He's been our joy and he goes with us wherever we go (even when we go out to eat, often!). His latest trick? Give the baby kisses! He nuzzles my belly =) I'm thankful that he's calming down lately; however, I wonder how we'll deal with jealousy issues. He doesn't share our affection with others too well at this point. He was wonderful in september with my 1 y/o cousin Kaylee when we spent a week at the beach. He didn't mess with her much, and he let her crawl all over him and yank on his ears and generally be a kid without so much as a groan.
For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Cocoa, he's now a 70lb lump of love who thinks he's human. Seriously, he knows the word "puppy" and he NEVER thinks it refers to himself. He spends most of his days lazing around and resting up for his trips to the dog park. He loves to take the short walk down to the beach for a swim, no matter the season, and is happiest when we put our full attention into finding fun logs to heave into the water for him to fetch. He takes long trips like a piece of luggage, occasionally whining to have his window rolled down, but mostly sleeping. This enables him to have the most possible energy upon arrival at his destination, when he turns into a bouncing, barking, brown ball of tail-wagging, people-licking, very enthusiastically everything-sniffing puppy! This fall, he's become quite the accomplished mouse hunter, and he works well as a team with Sammy Cat. His new favorite spot is on our mattress which we've placed in front of the fireplace. He and Sammy curl up on the bed, close to the fire and bake until they can't stand it, then they move to the window to cool off.
Btw, this is my first attempt at posting a picture, so hopefully it works and I'll add some more recent ones soon!
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