Alex Is Four

Today is Alex's birthday, and he is four years old. It's hard to believe--how time flies! It seems just yesterday that Bobby and I were eating supper, and Bobby told me that his coworker's brother had a Golden puppy that needed a home. Did we want him? It took about a days-worth of deliberation--checking with the apartment and so on--before we decided that, yes, we did. Bobby picked him up at a truck stop off of I-95 and brought him home as a little ball of fuzz, nine weeks old. That liked to bite. A lot. He was also flea-infested and, although we didn't know it at the time, infected with Lyme disease as well.

So happy 4th birthday Alexander Maitimo of Ellicott, also known as Alex, Xan, Alejandro, Little Allie, Fuzz Package, Hair Pile, Stinkweed, Big Hairy, Carpet Alligator, and Mr. Toast, among other names.

( Alex Then and Now )