Tilly Time!

For the first few months of Whit's existence, he and our almost 3 year old shih-tzu, Tilly, didn't really have any kind of interaction with one another. Whit seemed completely oblivious to her, and Tilly would sometimes try to sniff or lick him, but she didn't show all that much interest in him. Lately, though, they have almost become playmates, and it is so cute!! Whit just loves to "pet" Tilly, which, unfortunately for Tilly, means he grabs handfuls of her hair and pulls! However, when he isn't "torturing" her, Tilly seems to really like him. Since Whit can sit up on his own now, Tilly will sometimes bring her toy over to Whit, expecting him to throw it to her like Scott and I do, and Whit will pick it up, examine it, and try to put it in his mouth before I intervene! Today, Whit actually threw Tilly's toy to her, and Tilly was so excited to have a new playmate! I think it might have been an accident on Whit's part because he didn't throw the toy to her any more times after that one occasion, but it sure was fun for me to watch! Hopefully, they will grow to be big buddies when Whit gets even older and can play with Tilly more.

We went to visit Grammy, aka my mom, today, and we had a blast together. My mom just loves Whit to pieces, and Whit always gives her the biggest smiles and seems to really light up when he sees her. He is that way with both sets of grandparents, and it is incredibly sweet. He seems to understand that they are special people, so he saves some of his best smiles and squeals for them. Hooray for having two sets of grandparents who live close by!! We are so blessed to have Scott's parents about 5 minutes away from our house, and my parents live about 35 minutes away. Plus, my sister is living with my parents for right now, so she is close, and Scott's brother and his wife only live about 10-15 minutes from us as well. Scott's younger brother has one more year at GA Tech, and then I think he will probably move closer, too. Two sets of my aunts and uncles and my grandmother also live in the Atlanta area. We are VERY fortunate to have so many family members around us!