Life as of lately...

 Well friends, its 2015 and after quite a long hiatus- Im back baby! A very late Happy New Year and happy just about summer.... I should've done this a lot sooner, but Ive been busy living life!! Ive grown quite a bit since the last time you saw me. I am a full 85 POUNDS (its ok you can whistle ;) Im about the size of a small pony and really tall! I can rest my head on the dining table without having to stand on my tip toes. Mom says thats a 'no no.' Ive gotten SO big that Dad has started calling me fat boy.... in the most loving of ways. Hmmm. After visiting the vet last week- Dr. Terri told my mom that I needed to 'slim down' just a little bit. So now I get carrots, apples, chicken and rice sometimes in my food. And more walks!  I think I could get used to this diet. Its not so bad. She said those help with my metabolism... whatever that is.  Lets see.. what has gone on since I wrote you last... quite a bit actually.  I don't want to bore you with the mundane so I will just stick with the highlights. Lets start with last Christmas. The picture above was the one mom chose for our New Years card. Apparently, if you're late sending Christmas cards, then you send New Years cards... I think I look pretty dapper in my bow tie and smile. Isn't my fam pretty cute? I think we look pretty good together.

This picture was taken when we went on a family outing to go look at Christmas lights. Those are my favorite because we get to all be together and I get to socialize with lots of other people- and sometimes I even meet new furry friends too. I don't think Ive ever met a person that I didn't like. Well, I take that back- maybe one.  Anyways, Im getting off topic, back to Christmas lights. This one house we came to went ALL out- there were SNOW machines in the trees, tons of lights and SANTA CLAUS was even there. How on earth did they make that work? They must've paid him the big bucks. But seriously, how proud are you that I took this great of a picture? I sat still and even looked at the camera?!?! PS- this is what winter in Houston looks like.. fake snow and my dad in shorts.

  Lets talk about how rugged and regal I look like in the above pic. We went camping in February to the hill country for the weekend and I had so much fun. My friends Mags and Keyes came too. It was my first time out in the wilderness and it was so freeing to be able to run and run. Until I heard my name being screamed because it was dark and my parents couldn't see me anymore. Just kidding- not so freeing. So I know that this picture looks like Im being really brave and venturing out into the unknown.. confession, Im not brave. Im TRYING to understand the draw to this frigid water. Did I mention I hate baths?? The other dogs dove right in fetching sticks with no problem. They didn't seem cold but it was!!! I tried. Too cold for me so I just got in knee deep. I've gotta keep trying this brave thing.

Happy Valentimes Day! That morning I woke up and mom and dad exchanged cards but we were camping so I had to wait till we got home to get my presents. How did my mom NOT manage to pack  anything for me? Such an epic let down. I need to have a serious chat with her. Something is definitely wrong with this picture. But the minute we got home, I got TREATS!!! My favorite is anything with peanut butter. Mom got me a couple and here I am saying, 'I'll take that, thank youuuuu!" She wrapped them up in a cute bag just for me. She's weird. I can't unwrap that bag, I have no thumbs. But she loves me. And that's all that matters right? I hope they know just how much I love them every single day of my life. 

Luv,

MCM