ugh. i've been feeling unbearably nostalgic and sentimental lately.

but look. holy cow. i remember when he was that little. how stinking cute is he?

maybe it's planning a wedding, maybe it's working with small children, i don't know, but i have been a sappy hot mess as of late. everything makes my heart flutter, eyes well up, heartstrings tug. and i was trying to figure out today why it is that i love this damn dog so much. i mean, i remember telling carissa at brunch last weekend that i really honestly one hundred percent didn't know what love was until i met jacob. i had loved the people i'd been with, and been happy, and then i met him and it redefined my entire world. and i think because of that love, and because of bringing home this tiny baby puppy together, and creating this whole anthropomorphized personality for him together, i've fallen in love with lou with the same degree of intensity. i have always loved my dogs. but there has never before been anything like louis.

ew. i clearly need to go watch disneyland commercials and cry now. i'll be back tomorrow with brazen balls of patriotism.

love,

j