Doodle was born on the 4th of July, 1992.
He started his life with big feet and big ears,
as you can see in the picture above.
He has my sister Lynn to thank for his name.
Because he was born on July 4th,
she went through all the patriotic songs
when we were trying to decide on a name.
For some reason, she liked "Yankee Doodle Dandy,"
and the name "Doodle" stuck.