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 …

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.

Gussy received this stuffed sheep from my sister’s friends on Thanksgiving.  He absolutely loves it and by the next day he had chewed part of the face off  (covered by his ear in this photo) which I sewed up last night as we sat in bed and watched Xena: Warrior Princess.  Also, you can’t see it but he’s also eaten off several of the white tendrils.  He has yet to make it squeak on his own, which is going to keep him busy for many, many hours.  He just bites …