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Happy birthday, Sebastian - and other stuff

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Nine years ago today, a glorious puppy joined this world.  Sebastian David Bernfeld. We actually got him in December, when he was about ten weeks old.  Our previous dane, Stella, had passed away suddenly, and quite honestly, the emptiness in the house was simply intolerable.  It was close to Christmas time and Ben had no idea what I was doing... but I perused some adds and did some looking and found this woman in San Antonio whose dane had just had puppies.  They weren't AKC registered, they weren't show dogs, but oh my goodness this woman loved her danes. My stepdad met me in San Antonio to meet the puppies in the hopes that we would find a good fit.  I got there and there were only two left.  One was super cute, his face was half black and half white.  But Sebastian was the other... just a gloppy "little" thing.   It was instant love.  I snatched him up as quickly as possible and put him on the floor board of the passenger side of my Mitsubishi Eclipse.    I got

Overdue blog entry :)

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I have been called out a few times this week for not updating the blog recently.   My bad, I keep intending to but little man has been very active lately and hasn't given me too much of an opportunity to sit and take a moment to type.   It is currently passed out in his car seat on the table and I do not want to wake it... so I've stolen away and now I type. :) Age:  a little over 14 weeks! Gestational age: 9 weeks We celebrated our three month birthday the other day.   I can't believe it's already been three months.   Here are his monthly pics to show him growing... I had to laugh, and you will too... he's in the same shorts in the first month and the third month picture.  LOOK AT HIS BELLY SPILLING OVER THE SHORTS!!!  Said shorts have since been donated. One month old Two months old Three months old, rockin' the belly My mom was kind enough to come visit this weekend and stay with Axel while Ben and I went to the Austin City Limits Mu