Why naming your pet after your favourite character is a *brilliant* idea! :)

[elisi]

The Cerub (now 16 months old) is - apart from climing up everything and trying to eat anything she finds - learning quite a few words. We've had 'ma'/'mum' and 'dad' for quite a while, as well as 'bye'/'goo-bye' and 'ello' and - very unsusually - 'yes' (but not 'no'). She's very good at using 'yes' btw - whenever we tell her 'no!' she just grins widely and says 'Yes!'.

Anyway, I'm not going to list *all* her little words. Because there's one very important one that she's now (almost) mastered. In case you didn't know/had forgotten, two years ago Darcy gave me a big black (1 y.o.) cat for Christmas, and (obviously!) we named him 'Spike'. The Cherub has picked up on this - at first it was a v. cute 'Gaike!', but now she's got the hang of 'Bike' ('Sp' isn't easy to pronounce) and says it whenever she sees him. And I *know* that I'm unbearably sad, because I'm thrilled to bits that one of my baby's first words is 'Spike', but... it's just too awesome not to be happy about! :)

(Spike btw is very aptly named. He's a very good hunter, catching lots of mice and birds (and sometimes rats *shudder*), but he's also a complete softie. He *loves* people and Darcy frequently gets very annoyed with his patheticness... he is (quite literally!) a push-over!)

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[awmp.livejournal.com]

awww, that's too adorable! :D

[elisi]

Isn't it just? Oh - and congrats to your sister and your new layout is fabulous! *hugs*

[awmp.livejournal.com]

heee, I wonder when the cherub will say Buffy... you should name another pet after her ;)

isn't it fabulous that it's about Masturbation? back when I was in school that wasn't part of the sex ed and now she had to write a paper on it (I wonder if she blushed during the presentation *g*). plus she was bad at school last year, but this year she's doing great. I'm really proud of her.
now I only have to finish the beta-reading for the other sis. lol.

*hugs back*

[elisi]

you should name another pet after her ;)
Well I don't think we'll get any more, but if Spike had been a girl he'd definitely have been called 'Buffy'. :)

I wonder if she blushed during the presentation *g*
I'm amazed that she didn't turn into a silent ball of embarrassment! Most young people would, I think...

but this year she's doing great. I'm really proud of her.
*is happy for you* :)