Dinosaur Bone

Darwin has finally met his match. This is the largest rawhide bone I have ever seen, much less given to a dog. One of the sisters that I visit teach was given this bone for her dog at Christmas, who tops maybe 35 pounds. The dog was immediately frightened of the large treat and has never touched it. Since that time, it has been kicked around the house and wound up behind the couch. Shayna decided that Darwin would benefit from the challenge, so I brought it home. The first night he spend quite a lot of time looking at the thing. Since then, we are entertained nightly as he tries to drag it around the living room. He has yet found a good strategy to start eating his bone, but he spends time licking it and trying to start a good chew point. I think it's taller than Morgan, who grunts and tries to lift it....she can't get more than one end off the ground.

It gives him something to do at night, and us another excuse to laugh.

Really?!

We have a 1-year-old! Who would have thought?? I found a photo of me one year ago at Valentine's Day....and I was much more comfortable this year than last!

My mom, step-dad Mark, and grandparents flew in from Albuquerque to help us celebrate - and it was a blast! Mom brought her cake decorating kit with her so we made Morgan's cake. I wanted something that was simple and that had a built-in piece especially for Morgan.....and came up with a hot air balloon!
We had the party at Steve and Nancy's house and were joined by Chadwick's two grandmothers. We missed James and his family due to illness. We'll snag them next year! We kept things simple; pizza, salad, and breadsticks for dinner, cake, and presents. Chadwick bought a little flower pinata that had strings you pulled to release the candy. Morgan didn't really get it but we saved the thing for next year....


And here are some photos of the singing, cake eating, with a stroller she got from Mom and Mark, and with her great-grandparents.
Four days after the family left, I said goodbye to Morgan and Chadwick and boarded a plane bound for Santiago, Chile to attend a friend's wedding and play tourist for a week. Those pictures will come later. It was a great time and I sure miss the warmer weather!