Wintertime

I think I must like hats and gloves more than Freddy.

He'll tolerate coats, but forget anything that velcros or ties under his chin (or for that matter, anything on his head), and gloves are cool for only about 5 seconds. This blue hat stayed on until we actually went outside. Figures. I have a pair with a string that runs up through the sleeves, but they're still too big. I guess he'll figure it out when his fingers turn purple from the cold, maybe?

Had a great night away on Saturday at the Sundance resort - they're having special between-season specials right now - and we left Freddy overnight with Stephanie, one of our great babysitters (she actually cleans up!!). The sitter cost more than the room, but it was totally worth it to act like grown-ups for a while. We made a fire in our little room, had a great dinner, and read the paper leisurely over a fabulous brunch. Our first night together away from Freddy! We missed him, though, and it was heartwarming to see how happy he was to see us when we got back. Then he promptly had a terrible night's sleep (more teeth, maybe?), and there we were, back to real life again. :)

We miss Kylie

We sure do miss our Kylie girl...I know she has a good, happy new home in Baltimore but every time we take a hike here, I think about how much fun she would be having. Bless Jim for giving her a new home without children, cats, or other dogs :) - he is a good soul and has some great karma coming his way!