Sunday, January 4, 2009

Kodi's First Christmas Morning





Kodi celebrated his first 'real' Christmas this year. He was only a little more than a week old in 2007 when Christmas arrived. He was unimpressed by the Christmas tree, something we thought he might 'get into'.

The only thing about Christmas-time that truly affected Kodi was the cold weather. He loves being outdoors in the cold, snowy weather. The cold weather seemed to affect my power chair, preventing us from walking twice a day, or even daily for that matter.

On Christmas morning, Kodi had a present under the tree. As we began to open our gifts, he was diligent about 'picking up' discarded wrapping paper and bringing it to me.

When we put his gift in front of him, he could smell the treats that were inside. He wasn't sure what to do, so I pressed his paw through the paper and the pictures above, tell the rest of the story. He worked the paper open, put his nose inside and took out the treats one at a time.

He makes every day special, just by being here with me.