Our Baby's 12th Birthday!

Our first baby was not Devin; in fact Devin was our fourth 'child'. LOL Cheyenne McGee Schaps was actually our first Fur Baby. Andy brought her home from Immokalee Middle School in 1998. I still had one year left at UF but he always brought her up for visits and usually ended in at least $100 damage to the inside of the car or the inside of my apartment! She wasn't the best puppy. But that being said...she's the best dog anyone could ask for. She is great with our family; especially the kids. She is so bully and so 'mastiffy' (I think we coined that adjective!) that you would never know she was 12. She thinks she is top dog and thinks she can beat up any other dog that comes along. Its that mentality that'll probably keep her alive a few more years. She may not be the pretty lil' puppy she once was (I think all of the black markings have now disappeared and are gray) and she may have one back leg three times bigger than other (thanks to fatty tissue) but she is still our baby and the only dog allowed to sleep on the bed with us at night.

Here is a picture from her birthday party last night. We had the only other dogs that can stand her over for dinner; Santana and Calypso. It took about five minutes and a handful of pasta (look to the upper right of the picture) to get all five dogs in one shot and looking at the camera!
Kudos to the photographer...oh that was me! :-)

WE LOVE YOU CHEY-DOG!

HAPPY 12TH BIRTHDAY!!