Alright, so this was just too cute not to post.  July 4th weekend we introduced my dog Bandit to my nephew Jayce.  We were a little worried about the whole thing since Bandit is a very pack oriented animal who we thought might see Jayce as a threat to his place in the pecking order of the family.  Bandit has also been tormented by small children before and always acts a little nervous around them.

Anyway, the fears turned out to be unfounded.  He absolutely loved the kid and spent the entire weekend guarding him zealously.  He would perch by the kid and would immediately start whimpering to get our attention whenever the baby would make any noise.  He even kept his voice down, refusing to bark around the baby.  Here we see Bandit on guard protecting Jayce from the evil mosquitoes of Bridge City.