Leo is eight

Today is a very important day on my calendar: Today is my best friend Leo’s 8th birthday! He’s still as awesome as ever, of course, and has no idea what a birthday even is, but I know, and I’m glad to celebrate it on his behalf.

We got together with some of the family for lunch today, which had nothing to do with Leo’s birthday, of course, but he got to go, too, so it was still a treat for him. Later, he got special dinner, as he always does. In between those two, he spent a lot of time sleeping—I think his lunchtime adventure wore him out!

As I said last year, “Leo came to live with us just before his first birthday, but his Daddy Nigel only got to celebrate two of Leo’s birthdays. Nigel would be so very happy to see what a happy boy Leo is these days. I feel both happy and honoured to have spent all seven of Leo’s birthdays with him.

That's still true now that I’ve spent all eight of his birthdays with him. Something else I wrote last year is also true:

Today I also trimmed the fur around his eyes a little bit. Every year on his birthday he’s always being groomed, about to be groomed, or was just groomed. Who am I to buck tradition? He didn’t seem to mind.

Leo still makes every day better, simply by being—whether he’s making me laugh, or just looking at me while I talk to him as if he completely understands what I’m saying. He still loves playing “the chase game” where we take turns chasing each other around the house. He also still loves the toy rabbit I gave him last year.

There are times when I feel bad about how I don’t look after him as well as I should, but I could say the same thing about myself or the house or pretty much anything else. But, like I always say, each day presents us with a new opportunity to do better and be better. Leo deserves to get only my best, and I know one day he will. In the meantime, every day is better because he’s in it. I kinda think he’s rather fond of me, too.

Happy Eighth Birthday, Leo!

Related:

Leo is seven – 2024
Leo is six – 2023
Leo is five – 2022
Leo is four – 2021
Leo is three – 2020
Leo is two – 2019
Leo is one year old – 2018
Another new addition – The post in which I announced Leo joined our family
All blog posts tagged “Leo” – All the posts in which I’ve talked about him