Big NEWS!

[Silly HuMons!]

There was a reason for all the HUMPING and BARKING! Hormones, H. thought, but not just growing-up hormones.

(confirmed as H. starts making arrangements for spay/neuter surgery in next few weeks)

You guys were right! Emily is a BOY!

CRAP. This calls for a name change. Oh well, we've been calling her/him "Dorko," lately. Maybe that will do.

They grow up so fast.

You could never tell by looking at her:
[Sitting pretty]
But Emily's badness quota has reached new levels.

[Pully pully]

Eating a hole through the hallway rug was only the start of it. Barking at everyone who goes by our house, WHILE she is sitting on my lap, and scaring the bejeebus out of Mommy. Plopping down in the middle of the road and refusing to walk. Yeah, like that.

Tonight, Emily grabbed Bunny, climbed on my leg, and HUMPED IT. My leg. While hugging Bunny in between.

Mommy's little girl is growing up. Eeek.

Sunday Beach Trips

[Hindsight]

[Bobbing]
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Right now, Emily is rolling in a patch of sun, chomping on Bunny's butt and looking up to bark at leaves drifting in the patio.

Brushes with people remind me how much I love being a hermit.

Home Life

[Emily at the top of the stairs. Black bag is now her private elevator down]

[Dandling in Daddy's Lap]

Fuzzbutt is now eating up the blue rug in the hall.
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Despite a couple of mistakes Kim Yuna won gold at the World Figure Skating Championships. The way she skates, she even makes her mistakes look perfect. What an amazing kid.