Tail wagging

Luke was cuddling with Wrigley and he would wait until his tail stopped wagging and then say, "Idiot" in a nice voice. The tail began to wag, each time. Then he did it again, but said, "Wrigley" and the tail wagged twice as high and fast!

Did someone say Mom????

It is very quiet in the house, which is highly unusual! I thought I heard someone say a very faint "mom", several times. The kids have early dismissal today, so I thought maybe Hannah and Alex were home and one of them was calling me from outside. Nope, turns out it was only Wrigley snoring!!! He really is much more talented when he's asleep than when he's awake!

Oooops!

Well, I was just talking to Luke's best friend, Stephen B., about the dog and I realized that we forgot all about the dog's first birthday. It was on September 9th and while I remembered that was the birthday of one of the friends that fixed Mike and I up to go on a date in 1980, I totally forgot that it is also Wrigley's birthday.

Now I'm not a person to care too much about pet's birthdays, other than to mention them to the kids, but I'm sure the younger kids will be mad at me for not remembering. I kept thinking that because we got him on November 9th, that that was his birthday.

So Happy Belated Birthday Wrigley! (I'm sure he reads my blog. I figure he must have some hidden talents and he is just pretending to be the dumbest dog on the planet!)

Speaking of birthdays, Jack's due date is tomorrow. Yes, weird, I know, but I still celebrate the bio kids due dates. I would celebrate the adopted kids due dates, if I knew what they were. I do celebrate October 20th because it is not only the date my baby brother was born and died, but it was also the day that Alex's birthmom, Elizabeth, felt him move for the first time and stopped using drugs until after he was born. I usually only celebrate in my mind, so people don't actually know how weird I am, but since I'm blogging now, I figured I'd include that little tidbit.

I also celebrate firsts and lasts, which drives Mike crazy! For example, the first hug of the new year, the baby's first smile of the year, the last diaper change of the old year, first outing with Daddy, and so on. Luke apparently takes after me because he has been pointing out every first since he got his learner's permit and car. First time he drove in the rain, first time he drove on the highway, etc.

Dumb Dog

After almost dying a couple of months ago, you would think Wrigley would have learned not to stick his nose into places it doesn't belong. He came in today with an extremely itchy snout. At least he didn't go into shock this time, but it appears he was stung by something. We immediately gave him a dose of Benadryl (eat your heart out, GracieGirl!!) and put some hydro cortisone cream on it. It is still itchy but seems to be lessening.

I think we have a next of some type of stinging insect in the back yard, in the netting that was used when the front yard was seeded. Hannah also got stung a few months ago, when she stepped on the pile of netting. The dog loves to stick his nose into the netting, looking for whatever it is that dogs look for.