Settling In, Visiting Farms, & Scaring Dee Dee

Hello gang!  After a long blogging hiatus that saw me being endlessly passed around from person to person (interspersed with the occasional eating break), I have at long last finally been given a respite to speak my mind on recent goings-on.   I've been told I moved from Chicago to Ohio, but regardless of where it is exactly I am these days, the only thing I notice are a whole lot more people wanting to get their hands on me and hold me!  Maybe it's because I've been looking reaaaaal smooth lately.

I mean, I was straight pimpin in this jean jacket the other day looking fresh to DEATH.  Even Mommy had to recognize how posh my game was - she took my whole style and sported a jean jacket too!!

Then came the coup de grâce....Mommy finished up my look, by recognizing that my future is so bright, I just GOTTA wear shades.

Heck, I'm even practically throwing up a rocker hand sign in that pic.   Can I get any more anti-establishment?   Praly not.

One thing I have noticed since getting to Ohio is that I have become really gassy - I give a little "toot, toot" on quite a regular basis these days.  Mommy & Daddy (M&D) always get a kick out of it, especially when it's bath time and I oblige them with a steady stream of little bubbles emanating from my behind!! Daddy looked at me and said "This confirms that you are your mother's child!"

This past week, I got to meet more of my extended family - my great-aunt Lissa and my great-grandma Dee Dee both came to Springboro to visit me!  They oooohed and awwwwwed over me, and regrettably also saw me at some of my low points when I would work myself "up into a lather" (as Lolly puts it, in her usual Southern drawl).

I also got to have quality time with Aunt Shannon, Uncle Drew and cousin Anderson as they would come over to the house everyday to hang out!  Aunt Lissa loved to go on walks in the morning, so the whole gang would go along with her (well, the younger ones anyway).  I couldn't hear all that well (I was being worn by Mommy) but I think I heard Daddy complain that Aunt Lissa walked way too fast and refused to go at Daddy's "amble" pace.  Sounds like a valid complaint to me!

So with the big ol' gang in town for a long weekend, Lolly and Aunt Shannon made sure she had plans for us all (Daddy's plan was for everybody to sit down around the television to expose Aunt Lissa & Dee Dee to this show called Breaking Bad....needless to say, I think he got them hooked!).  On Saturday, Aunt Shannon had planned for everyone to go to a nearby farm and experience a Halloween-themed tractor-pulled hayride.  We got to the farm and it started out being all fun & games; I was chilling in the Baby Bjorn, cousin Anderson couldn't stop sliding down slides (to the consternation of the older folk on the table having to watch it over and over and over again instead of doting on me).

 That's when it started to go downhill.  Because after the Anderson's umpteenth slide, Pop took...or should I say "lured"...cousin Anderson into looking face-to-face with this scary-looking mannequin!  Daddy said it scared Anderson half to death!  He was still a little rattled when he took a picture with me, Mommy and Aunt Shannon.

Then came the actual hayride, and poor Dee Dee!  Not that any of the women over the age of 40 enjoyed the hayride all that much, but man-oh-man, Dee Dee!!!!  For starters, the hayride was extraordinarily bumpy. Secondly, the course had about 24-hours worth of rain soaked into the track, turning the hayride into more of a mud-ride.  By the end of the hayride, Aunt Shannon's great idea had almost turned Dee Dee catatonic!  This is her about midway through:      

 

By the end of the trip she was pretty much laying on her back on the hay, barely able to move.   Poor Dee Dee!   As for me, I slept through it all!   Mommy said I sparkled!!  

Overall, it was a great weekend and it absolutely wore me out, as this picture with Daddy can attest.  We had a fun seeing everybody and both Dee Dee and Aunt Lissa made me smile and laugh!  I can't wait til they see me next time and I'll hopefully be walking by then!    See you all soon!