Cole's Adventures in Snacks and Snoots

Keeping Cole cooped up in the house was boring. Actually, boring isn't quite the word for it, but we knew that his presence had so much more potential. Now that it's not freezing outside, and Cole's getting a little bigger and stronger, we figure we can start venturing out into the world with him at our side. When I say "the world" what I really mean is "our favorite food joints."

We always take him out in the proper attire:


And he likes to stay close to us:


Sleeping through burgers, fries and shakes at Four Burgers:


Pondering Nachos at Uno's:


Mastering cutlery at Uno's:


Mesmerized by soda at Uno's:


I also took him to his first car gathering where he witnessed a sweet '67 Ferrari and didn't appreciate it:


We love dogs. Dogs are awesome! Hopefully Cole will love dogs too, and you can't love 'em till you're exposed to a bunch of cute snoots. So we brought Cole to rub noses with some friends.

Alex and Meghan's French Bulldog Lola:


Gathering affection from some retired racers at a Greyhound Welfare open house:


I'm just going to slip this one in here; this is the pup Cole now spends time with every day -- our new foster dog, as yet unnamed: