Parker is a big, silly boy.  The last time we went to the vet, he weighed in at 73 pounds.  He is a Labradoodle.  Most of the time I think he exhibits many more Lab traits than poodle traits.  He has the softest fur.  He plays a little rough with Andy sometimes, but Andy is used to it.  He doesn't bark much...usually only when he encounters something (or someone) he doesn't trust.  But he does make yowly sounds that give the impression that he is talking to you (kind of a "rowr rowr rowr" sound).  Cutest thing ever.

Parker has never met a stranger in his life.  He will jump and lick to tell you how much he likes you.  We've been going to puppy classes at PetSmart (which are excellent, by the way) to improve his people skills, and now Park usually only jumps on people when they visit us at our house--when we go out places, he hardly ever jumps (not to mention he is a great leash walker and can sit, stay, and come on command).  He has graduated from the beginner class and is now in the intermediate class.  I'm so proud.  :-)  Still, he's still in doggy adolescence (my trainer at PetSmart says that big dogs sometimes take up to two years to reach full mental maturity), and he is a huge pain in the butt sometimes.  But he's my big ol' baby.

I got Andy from a rescue group.  The rescue group pulled Andy's mom out of a dog auction and she was already pregnant.  While in the care of the rescue group, she had four puppies, but only two made it, and Andy was one of them.  When I met Andy, he was almost eight weeks old.  I picked him up and he snuggled up in the crook of my arm and it was love. 

Andy is now a little over 6 pounds (when I got him, he was so tiny that he didn't register on a scale).  He loves to play with his older brother, Parker, and often it's Andy who starts the tussles.  But once Parker gets a little too rough, Andy squeals and runs and hides. 

Andy's a snuggler.  At night he likes to curl up next to me or, if I'm laying on my back, on my tummy.  He likes to lick faces--he's very friendly--and he loves to try to chew on my ears.  He also loves to have his belly rubbed.  He's a confident, happy boy.  I've been told more than once that he has the most expressive eyes.