Today is Piper McPant’s very first birthday.  Or, as our niece Evelynn explains it, she changes from being 0 years old to 1 year old.

I’d write that time flies, but often it crawls very very slowly when you’re raising a Lab puppy.  From the potty training to the chewing to the barking to the jumping to the counter surfing, that first year is no walk in the park.  Oh yeah, I forgot to include walking in the park on the list of challenges.

However, we know that the work we put in during the first year makes a huge impact on the adult Piper will become.  So here’s to the sleepless nights, the ear drops, the gallons of ECOS, the holes in our Sanuks, the spots on the carpet, and the endless black hair.  Here’s to the sweetest pupper we could imagine, and all the doggo adventures to come.

-Ben and Les