Numerical Updates -18th Week & note to 엄마

17 Weeks and 2 days old

3 puppy vaccinations complete at 13 weeks. Next scheduled is her "fixing," at 7 months.

No rabies shot necessary in the Netherlands, unless she is
1) going abroad, or
2) staying at a doggy boarding house

Currently: 2.6 kg.

Temporarily on Eukanuba Sensitive Stomach due to her stomach upset, but will go back to Orijen Puppy after a week.

No teeth lost yet.

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[Pay Attention To ME!]

엄마, 좋은 하루, 한 주 보내세요. 지난 묵은 일 다 떨쳐 버리고 깨끗하게 밝게 지내려
노력하고 있이요. 사랑해요,
그리고 항상 엄마 아빠 생각하고 있어요.

Pottery, Games, Life as Usual

Taking play pictures of her is difficult, as she stops what she's doing and comes over when the camera is on her. At least she's not a total blur.

[Sit! for the camera]

[What, you didn't take down the Christmas tree, yet?]

-- M. likes the cheery look. Left to him, we'd have the tree out until March. Some People We Know have their tree sitting out all year long, for several years.

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My mom has always insisted on good dishes and silver silverware, so it was sad to hear Wedgewood went bellyup this year. After it happened to Lennox last year, too.

Mom's been sending the whole Lennox "Consort" line to me, 2-6 pieces at a time by mail and over visits. We now have the full set. This is the only one that acquired an interesting hairline fracture (all the others arrived safe), and is my favorite 'cause it split its side, hee hee.
Emily, privileged puppy that she is, eats out of Koryo Celadon. :

Don't worry. She's not too spoiled. It was just the right size. Her water bowl is a hamster dish.

Wish her luck! Emily's off to the vet for her puppy vaccs in 2 hours.

Sleep Monster

Emily has three major modes: Cuddle, Frenzy, Sleep. Most of the day she sleeps. I wish she'd do it for a good 8 hours at night.

This winter's been cold in Holland, and today the Elfstedentocht was held (the 11 city race over canals, when it's cold enough to freeze over), first since 96-7. So, on the way home from errands, I bought Emily a baby's bib, lined with fleece. She "wore" it when she was asleep:

[More of a skirt]

To prevent Separation Anxiety (분리불안) when she grows up, we ignore her when we first come in, don't make a big fuss. I stepped out to get scent-free diaper wipes, and came back and called my Mom, all the while not paying attention to scrambly puppy. Where does the puppy go?[Same pose, different place]

She climbed up on the back of my legs and fell asleep while I was talking to Mom. Oi.

ps. She got a bath last night. I picked two nits off her. Evil Bastards.

Christmas + 1 Chrismakkuh Cards

All sent off. Not the first time for either of us, but for both of us together, yes, and it was quite a project.

Next up, is seeing whether some family members might benefit from teasing. Like the Star Wars Holiday Special, and the Ewok Adventure.

ps. I love our Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

Names

Sometimes my parents name their dogs after Star Wars characters: Wicky (after the ewok) & Yoda. I think there was a puppy named Boba Fett once, but I'm not sure.

Dukgoo, after their mountain. Bbina, after... er... she's just really sweet.

Our puppy was going to be Martha, after M. and his brother's only childhood pet, Martha the hamster, who had been named after Martha Washington. (go figure)

Then, Martha the Maltese, didn't sound right.

We were standing in front of our books, to see what girl names were easy to call (1-2 syllables) and not "Sweetie CutiePie Nookems." (which we'll probably call her anyway)

M. thinks Emily is from Emily Dickinson or Emily Bronte. Actually, I got it off Emily Byrd Starr from the L.M. Montgomery books. It was standing at eye-level, next to Perdido Street Station (nope) and Fire and Hemlock (Polly, name of my last puppy). So, Emily of New Moon, it is.

Er. And Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager.

Yup, good ol' Emily Janeway Puppy.