Goodbye Sweet Bailey

We said goodbye to our sweet sweet Bailey a few weeks ago.  This was sudden and very unexpected.  Bailey was our first child.  She taught John and I to think beyond ourselves.  Bailey was the beginning of my lessons in patience.  I adored cuddling with her even though she was 80 pounds and left bruises on my legs from sitting on my lap.  During my pregnancies she was never far from me.  I have the best memories of her when I was on bed rest when I was pregnant with the twins.  Somehow she would always snuggle up close enough to put her head on my gigantic belly.  John adored Bailey.  She was John's companion.  She spent most of her days following him around tail wagging behind her.  And she was amazing with our children.  They loved to play with her and she tolerated so much from them. She was a gift and I will cherish all of my memories of our sweet sweet Bailey.  We love you and miss you terribly big dog.