It's my birthday, so I get my own blog!

Hi everyone. I'm so happy to finally have my own blog. Mom said I couldn't have one until I turned one . . .and guess what? It's after midnight, so it is my birthday now. You know I'm a Bernese Mountain Dog, don't you? So you know I've really grown a lot since my profile picture was taken. Mom used to call me her teacup Berner, because I was really tiny at first. I was barely 6 pounds at 8 weeks old, when I left the breeder's house to come to my forever home. And for my breed that's really small. I am my family's second Berner. My big brother, Denali, is only 5.5 months older than me. He always says he's 6 months older, but he can't count as well as I can. He may be older, but I'm definitely smarter. He is a little small for a Berner too. But when he was 8 weeks old, he was almost 12 pounds . . .too big for a teacup. When he was the age I am now, he was 80 pounds, and I'm about 70 pounds. And since he's lost some weight, I think we're pretty much the same weight now. Mom says I'm taller than Denali, at least my butt is higher she says.

Me and Denali have life pretty good here. Dad and Byron get to stay home all day and play with us. Actually, I've been a little ticked at Byron recently. He's been taking Denali on walks and trips to the dog park without me. What's up with that? Mom says it's because I've been having my first season, whatever that is. I just know it has something to do with why I have an appointment with the vet's office in a couple of weeks. Mom says I get to spend the night there. I don't know about that. I've never been away from my family at night. I'm used to sleeping in my crate next to Denali's crate in the family room. I'm not as brave as my brother, so I'm not looking forward to spending the night at the vets, even though Denali did tell me it wasn't bad when he had to stay there overnight himself. He said he slept in a crate just like our crates.

Speaking of sleep, I should probably get some now. Mom doesn't like me to stay up too late. She thinks I'm sleeping now. Well, tomorrow (oops, I mean today) is a big day, so I should rest up. I'll write more later. I can't wait to get lots of people and other fur kids to follow my new blog. We'll have fun!