So. M is adorable. I know you all know that already, but I just love her! She does funny stuff every day, and I forget what it is by the time I post. We're still trying to potty train, M is still trying. She really likes playing with this water table that Aunt Megan got her for Christmas. Every day she says "go. Side" (go outside) and "water" to play with the water table. She orders the dog around saying "sit. stay. no. dog tret. (to give the dog a treat) come on dog." etc. She tries to help whenever possible. She says "pour it. ducks. pour it." to help feed the ducks, she hands me the dishes out of the dishwasher, she sweeps in the kitchen...etc. (if only that would last.) She talks a lot, although I know for certain that the majority of the time I am the only one who understands her. The words seem obvious enough to me, but even J and Justine ask me what she is saying. "manek" is blanket. "danik" is music. Oh, and she has this song she likes. Grandma Jo gave her a CD from Alaska that has bear songs on it, which are kinda cute. The problem is M likes the first song on the CD and doesn't want to listen to different ones. When the song changes she says "one. one. mama, one." (which means she wants the other one, other song.) and gets angry if I don't switch it back. The song goes something like this: "OH, he's a mighty big bare foot bear. He's dancing everywhere. cuz bumblebees are buzzin' in his hair." or something like that. And I am absolutely sick of it!!
This has been a really crazy weekend. Thursday J got a call from a breeder he had been speaking to 3 or 4 months ago. We were going to go look at a puppy of his (with no real intention of buying) back then, but when we called the breeder said he just sold the last female 2 hours previously. Then on thursday he called to tell J that a buyer backed out last minute and J has first chance at getting her, so Friday we went to see her. She was discounted for us (and b/c she is older now, I think) and much more affordable - and so we brought her home, and her name is Sugar. Sug (shoog) for short. She is very sweet and calm, and listens really well. She is a yellow lab, and for all of you who have read the book or watched the movie - yes, we bought the "clearance puppy"! And actually we stopped at Blockbuster to return some movies and a big Marley & Me poster was in the window and M said :"Is that a picture of Sugar?" - I hope not! Saturday was the last 50 cen...
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