Thursday, December 25, 2014

Henry:  The Life of the Party

Each year we have our main family celebration on the Saturday before Christmas (and we call it our Christmas Eve party). This year that was December 20th. That is 5 full days before Christmas, so we really had to have our act together early. Now that Henry is the last pug standing, he goes virtually everywhere we go. And typically he is the diplomat of our party. He's the outgoing socialite. Our family Christmas "eve" party was no different. Henry made his rounds and was sure to say hello to everyone.

As you may remember, not long ago Henry met Reagan, our most recent new addition to our family (at that time, she was our most recent addition...we have since added another baby grand...a grand nephew has since joined us, Bradley Michael was born 12/17 in Virginia and needless to say, he was not able to attend our event this year). Anyway, baby Reagan, now 16 months, is already a budding animal lover. At Thanksgiving, she gave Henry a hug and this time, she closely spied Henry and spent some one on one time with him. While I am not sure what Reagan weighs (and isn't it true, you never ask a young lady what her weight is?) I think right now, if you were to put them each on a scale, they would probably be pretty close to the same weight.

It was too cute just watching these two little folks becoming fast friends. Reagan, having dogs at her home, too, knew that any food particles that touched the floor were automatically deemed dog treats. We were a little gun shy to allow Reagan to hand feed those treats to Henry. Henry (pre poor eye sight) was always a gentle taker but now, low vision Henry sometimes confuses a human finger for a chicken finger. So, we wanted baby Reagan to keep all her digits in tact.

Henry also paid special attention to Bob, Reagan's grandpa (the one for whom we Walked to End Alzheimer/s). Henry got up close and personal with Bob who confirmed that Henry's whiskers were ticklely. So, Henry, ever the popular kid brought joy to young and old alike. That's Henry. Just a love spreading pug.