Meet the Gang

Welcome!  This blog is going to be updated by both my wife (Elle) and myself (Joe).  In the future, most posts will be put together by one of us.  We're tag teaming this one to get thing started.

A lot of the content on this blog will be inspired by our son Connor and our dogs Graham and Guinness.

Connor is not quite five months old.  He's a very happy, laid back baby with a winning personality.  Connor was born a few weeks early, but he's making some headway in catching up.  He's been gaining weight at a steady rate, due in part to a prodigious appetite he inherited from his dad.  He loves all types of music, including the off-key singing of mom and dad.  He has already developed a deep and meaningful relationship with his thumb.

Graham is a four year old golden retriever who won't retrieve.  He considers himself the defender of the house, the yard, and all he can see, but still crawls into your lap during a thunderstorm.  He wants nothing more than to be with you.

Guinness is, quite simply, a mutt.  He's a rather eclectic mix -- beagle/bulldog/German shepherd.  He's three years old, going on thirty --  an old soul that appreciates time to himself in a way that Graham never will.  He's at his happiest when napping in his crate (the one space he can really call his own with a new baby in the house), laying out in the sun, or stealing your dinner off the counter.  When Graham is cowering during the latest thunderstorm/fireworks display/backfiring car, Guinness will be found yawning, completely unfazed.

And who are we?  We're just the parents, trying to keep everything together.  Welcome to our world of tiny toes and wet noses.