Happy 2nd Birthday Bo!!

So this past week was Bo's second birthday! Can you believe it my little baby boy is two!! He was very excited about his birthday too. Can you tell by this picture?
This picture just cracks me up!!

So some of you have been asking what Bo has been up to, well I will tell you. He totally 100% loves, loves, loves Ry and his kids. I actually think he might love Ry even more than me. He gets so excited every time he sees Ry. Ry's parent's have a Boston Terrier named Rocky and the two of them play every night and Bo loves playing there with Rocky! Just tonight I asked Bo if he wanted to go play with Rocky and he got his leash off the shelf and took it to the door and whined to go outside.

Let's see what else has my boy been up to? Almost every weekend this summer Bo has gone up to Traverse City with my Dad. He LOVES swimming and jumping off of the dock into the water. He and my dad also have spent countless hours this summer playing baseball. My dad will throw the ball and Bo will run like a crazy dog to catch it and bring it back to him and they will do it over and over again. Actually, Bo will play ball with anyone who will throw a play to him.

Another picture of Bo staring at a new little something at the house. Keep reading to find out what Bo was staring at.

Bo's allergies have been a bit better this summer than they were last. I think we have only been to the vet twice since April with allergy related issues. That is way way less than we were there last summer, when we were at the vet every three weeks. Yay for that!! I no longer make his dog food. The vet seems to think he now has environmental allergies instead of food. So now he gets a Benadryl two times a day and that has really been helping. The poor thing still licks his paws like crazy at night and still itches every day but the Benadryl does seem to be helping.

This summer with the help of my parents and Ry's daughter Bo also learned a new trick. He now can sit, shake and drum roll please....lay down!!
See he really can do it. He was laying down right after he came in from outside, that is why his leash is still on.

Two Saturday's ago both Ry and I thought Bo was getting sick. He was totally fine in the morning and then all of a sudden in the afternoon he just was not acting his chipper, crazy self. At one point we looked at him and he was laying next to me on the floor and he was shaking like a leaf. He would not eat his Kong of carrots (which he always does) and he kept walking around the house with his little ears set back instead of all soft and floppy how they always are. He also would not eat his dinner and Bo ALWAYS eats anytime food is offered to him. So something was obviously wrong, but we really didn't know what. I of course was starting to freak out a little inside that something was really wrong with him. Ry said not to worry about it, maybe he just having an off day. Ry and I finished watching the UofM football game and then went out to dinner. That is when the weirdest thing happened. As soon as the football game was over and we had stopped yelling at the TV Bo started acting totally fine. Then it dawned on us. He is not used to yelling and was scared out of his skin because we were yelling at the TV and the the poor thing kept thinking we were yelling at him. We both felt awful. Kind of funny a dog who was named after a college football coach was scared of the football game.

A picture of Bo playing baseball over Memorial Day weekend.

Like I said on Sunday was Bo's birthday he got a few new bones, some Nylabones, a new ball and are you ready for this....I'm also 100% sure that the following picture was Bo's favorite gift....
Bo got a new kitty for his birthday!! Let me tell you Bo was oh-so-excited. Okay, maybe not! He really does love the kitty, but he might love her just a little bit too much! We haven't figured out yet if he just wants to play with her, or chomp her up in one big bite. It has been an interesting last few days with Bo and Toby. That is what we decided to name the little kitty. Yes, it is a girl and yes Toby is a boy's name but Toby won the vote. So Toby it is, she is getting fixed anyways so does a name really matter? I say no. Toby is about the smallest cat I have ever seen, she is six weeks old and if she weighs a whole two pounds I would be shocked. But she is eating like a pro so hopefully she will gain weight quickly and we won't have to worry about Bo batting her around so much.

Here is a picture of Ry's kids with Toby. They both love her to pieces and are very excited to have a kitty and a dog!
This last picture is of Bo and Toby playing, well trying to play. The two of them haven't officially gotten to the love stage of their relationship yet. As a matter of fact I'm not sure they have even gotten to the tolerate part of the relationship. Now that I look at this picture it looks like Bo is pinning Toby down and Toby is clawing the crap out of Bo's face. I promise neither of them were harmed getting this picture. If anyone has ever had a very spoiled dog and then brought a kitten home I would love any suggestions on getting them to love each other.
I hope you all enjoyed a this post mostly about Bo and a little of Toby. Thank you to all of you for asking about Bo and was wondering how he has been doing. He is great and is as big of a Momma's boy as ever, and I would be lying if I said I didn't like it! What can I say he is my baby!!