Cute, right? Not quite five pounds. He could sit in my palm. He was about the size of a softball.

Now, less than six months later, he looks like this:

I took those pics last night as the kids were getting ready for bedtime. As of now, he's more than 40 pounds and, according to Wendy, still growing. Using our PC and an abacus, we've come up with mathematical estimates which indicate that by the time he's done growing, Chester will weigh two hundred and twenty pounds.

Our other dog, Tilda (a Britney Spaniel), grew fairly quickly... but nothing like this.

If you're interested, here's Tilda at three months:

And here she is as of last night, napping after a bath:

It took Tilda more than a year to hit 40 pounds.

I'm afraid that before he's done growing, Chester will eat Tilda.

Last night, my main concern was that he'd eat my camera:

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