B.R. 6/9/08

After an exhaustive weekend of enduring sweltering heat, the baby awoke with renewed energy this morning ready for the new week. Sadly for her it took me about an hour longer to get on the same page. So upon stirring, I let the baby out of the bedroom and into the living room. I had thought that she'd sinkle while I was remained sleeping, but she had not. In fact she did not sinkle for over two hours upon waking. This made our early game of fetch somewhat difficult because she'd often stop in her tracks and look at the b-room and forget that we were in the middle of a game. I tried my usual trick of tossing her bone towards the b-room but it did not work. That being the case I made sure that the baby did not get overly excited lest we end up with an accident. After some abortive play, I decided that maybe a little breaky would help the situation and so proceeded to feed the baby. And, still nothing. It wasn't until a short while later after we resumed a lazy game of fetch that the baby bounded off to the b-room to do her morning sinkle. As per usual, the baby was v proud of her sinkle skills (as she should be), and after allowing me to dab her marshmellow she and I returned to a rousing game of fetch (now that she wasn't hampered by a full bladder).

Upon seeing that I was ready to leave, the baby did something she has not done -- she started jumping up and down on my leg. I'd like to say that I saw through her rouse and did not allow her to delay my departure, but that would not be the truth. Although I recognized her desperate play for attention, she was too cute to resist and I stayed on for just a while longer to rub her belly and plant kisses on her head. She is a tricky vixen.

When I returned the baby danced about shortly before running directly for her bone. After a rousing game of fetch the baby had a quick dinner, more fetch and then a walk around the Heights. I had been worried that the ground might be too hot for her little paws for our walkabout but happily enough the ground was cool to the touch. The lesson? Walk the baby at night.