I didn’t have this ready in time to post on Gus’ actual birthday, but here is a video montage of photos taken since Gus was born on December 28, 2008. There is sound, but if you’re at work or your ears are too delicate for swears and rap music, you may want to listen on mute. Also, it’s kind of long because Gus is pretty cute and we’ve take a lot of pictures of him, and by “we” I mean “me.” I’m like the paparazzi up in …

As I mentioned before, our Christmas card this year was the above photo of Gus.  It is blurry because after three days of attempts at getting everything to work properly, I gave up.  By the end, Janie and I were even more angry than when we put Ikea furniture together and I lose my cool because WHAT IS THAT AND WHERE DOES IT GO?  He’s cute, sure.  Yes, this is cute because dogs in Santa suits and bow ties are just that.  But by this point I was so mad …

Last night I think I slept for maybe three hours and those three hours can’t really be classified as sleep as much as they can be classified as the amount of time I had my eyes closed and prayed for sweet death.
Since the fall, we’ve let Gus sleep on the bed with us and he’s done really well. There have only been a few times he’s woken up needing to get down for water or to go outside and most of the time it was a test of wills …

Janie’s friend Mary sent Gus a winter coat. It’s a little snug for him, but it still fits. We normally have him out wearing a sweater or a waterproof fleece jacket for evenings when the weather is chilly and wet, but since we’ve had some significant low temperatures the past few days, it might well be time to bust this coat out for a few of our evening walks. I think he’ll be especially thrilled when it’s time to put on the hood.

This was probably taken sometime in the early spring of this year, based on the ever-evolving ways in which we tried to keep Gus contained in one part of the house (see the white board).  This is one of my favorite Gus videos. I apologize in advance for my high-pitched puppy-talking voice.