Jumping and Rolling

Well, I did it. I jumped the gate and left the yard again. It hurt a lot more this time. I let out a loud "Yelp!" as I went over. It was totally worth it though. I got to go over and see Turbo and lift my leg on him. Excellent. If I'm going to regularly get shocked like that though, I may have to rethink my jumping strategy.

In other news, Lily rolled from her back to tummy for the first time yesterday. She doesn't really like to be on her tummy though, so she doesn't know what to do once she rolls. I guess that'll be motivation for her to learn how to go from her tummy to her back.

Easter Weekend

Well, Katie's parents came over last Wednesday to visit with Lily and give her an Easter basket. I was very jealous, so I kept barking and being obnoxious. It was great because it made Lily cry. Katie got frustrated with my antics and made me go outside. Silly her thought the new electric fence would contain me. She was wrong. I jumped the gate and left the yard. That's right, I crossed THREE fence lines to get out and it didn't bother me at all. I was nice though because I decided not to roam the neighborhood. I just went across the street to visit Turbo. Once Greg found out what I did, he upped the shock intensity for the fence. I haven't tested it yet. I'm waiting for the perfect opportunity. Maybe tomorrow when Katie's parents come back over.

Here are some recent pictures of Lily. Greg and Katie must've been trying to dress her like movie characters. Her red Reebok sweatsuit is really cute. She looks like she could be a member of the Royal Tenenbaum family.



Here is her Nacho Libre look.



Finally, a picture of her in her Easter dress.

4 Month Check Up

Lily went to the doctor today. She weighed in at 11 lbs. 13 oz. and is 23-1/2". She's now in the 25th percentile in height and 20th percentile in weight. The doctor says she'll probably be on the petite side. Hehe. She got 5 shots again and was not happy about it. She also wasn't too happy about the exam this time either. She was actually awake during the entire thing. The doctor says everything looks good. She goes back in 2 months.

Down with the Chickenhawks

So, my early optimism for the tournament was not completely unfounded. Kansas was taken down by UCLA this weekend. Although, I have some misgivings about UCLA. I learned of the infamous Tyus Edney incident in a recent history class. Better them than Kansas, I suppose.

On a related note, North Carolina lost this past weekend to Georgetown. I do not despise UNC quite as much as Kansas. However, I do feel compelled to root against former KU coach and current UNC coach, Roy Williams. But, even that is not enough to ever make me cheer for Duke to beat North Carolina. You see, Coach K sent Quin to Mizzou a few years back in an effort to undermine our great basketball tradition. Now, I am obligated to root against Duke whenever possible. This college basketball stuff sure is complicated...

Weatherdog Returns

My people were nice enough to document my efforts to warn them of the coming storm. Here is a series of videos showing how I frantically tried to save the family.

I Should be a Weatherman...er Dog

We're entering the time of year I dread most...storm season. I can always sense when a storm is coming. I try to warn my people, but they just laugh at me and call me "crazy". The one who's home all the time even took a couple of videos of me freaking out. At first she thought I was scared of the creeky back door, which I am, but I was really freaking out about the many tornadoes that were surely headed in our direction. They just won't listen to me though. First I jumped on the couch next to her and shook uncontrollably. That's when she got started laughing and got the video camera out. Then I stuck myself to her leg. When she went to get Lily from her crib, I went with her and jumped up to look in the crib also. When she put Lily on the changing table, I sat between her and the table. When she sat down to feed her, I tried to get in her lap also. That didn't go over so well. Then I went behind the chair and poked my nose around to let her know I was still there. Finally they went in the living room and started playing on the floor. I sat RIGHT NEXT TO HER and panted constantly in her face. What more can I do? Doesn't she know that deadly tornadoes are heading right for us??

Tiger News

As you know, my beloved Tigers are not playing basketball in the postseason this year. However, I would like to point out that the Tigers' Wrestling team is in 2nd place after the first day of the championship tournament. The team has been ranked as high as #1 this year. Ben Askren is kicking butt on his quest to be the national champ in his weight class for the 2nd year in a row. Maybe my preseason prediction that the Tigers would be national champs is not so crazy after all. I just had the wrong sport.