Introducing Sam....

I just realized that many of you may not have met our first child....Sam. Sam is our Scottish Terrier, who joined our family in September 2004. I can't believe he is going to 5 in August!

Here is a baby picture of Sam with his brother. He was about 9 in. long in this picture, and weighed a pound or two.

Now, here is a current picuture of our favorite little guy.

We have learned so much through caring for Sam. Before we got Sam, we had a Ficas Tree that we kept alive for 2 years. At that point we figured we could upgrade to a dog (we do still have the Ficas Tree, by the way). I guess now that we have had a Ficas Tree for 7 years and dog for 5, and have managed to keep both of them alive, we are ready to have a baby :-)