Lilly's POV

I don't know that I've mentioned this before, but we have the world's cutest and sweetest dog. Her name is Lilly and she's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She's very full of herself and can be very bad at times. When I say very bad I mean, in a really funny and cute way but you can't let her know that what she just did is really funny because it's bad. That's her.....

So her adjustment to Celie has been a funny one. I was very nervous about it in the beginning. I never thought she would hurt Celie....you know, the ferocious Cavalier, but I just didn't want her to be depressed at all.

It's really funny to watch her interact with Celie. Sarah swears that Lilly hates her, but I think differently. When Celie cries, Lilly looks so put out. You can actually hear her saying, "OMG, I don't know why you people brought that thing home. If you'd make her be quiet, I'd really appreciate it." If Celie is really hungry she cries pretty hard (as if she's never eaten) and Lilly runs around like a loon and finally goes under the ottoman until she stops, which happens to be at the very sight of a bottle.

Lilly has tried to be a bad girl and steal some of Celie's stuffed animals. That's partly my fault because I put all of Celie's animals in a basket on the floor.....in a basket very similar to the one Lilly's toys are in located in our room. Additionally, one of Lilly's first loves is to take something stuffed and rip it to shreds and pull out all the stuffing all over the floor. Thankfully she doesn't eat the stuffing, but cleanup is a nightmare.

You can always tell when Lilly has something she shouldn't because she runs 90 miles per hour though the house like a crazy person. You can hear her claws on the wood floors running and running. This is a red flag and you should go find Lilly immediately to see what she has. It's usually a pair of someones underwear (guests are not excluded in this rule), but on a few occasions has been on of Celie's toys.

Celie has an activity mat that makes more sounds and lights that's enough to send anyone into an epileptic coma. Lilly discovered that there is a bird that, when pressed, squeaks. She now digs viciously at the bird making it squeak repeatedly......it's so bad, but it's so funny. Not to mention that this mat is made of polyester so in addition to the squeak of the bird, you hear the swooshing of her "digging".

She still gets her special time with us. When Celie is sleeping, Lilly is very quick to jump into Sarah's lap and stay there until you physically move her. She also still sleeps with us. Celie does not and will not. Lilly has also become a monitor. I can tell that she performs these duties reluctantly, but it's so sweet. Celie was crying in her crib the other day while Sarah was sleeping. Lilly happened to be in her crate because I was leaving for church and she can't be trusted to be left unattended in the house. Lilly heard Celie and started barking and barking. I let her out of her crate and she ran to the nursery and then ran to where Sarah was sleeping (as if I couldn't hear her crying). She was so cute. She got a special present for being such a good big sister.

She's been lacking on getting her baths as of now. She is so stank! I'm hoping to give her one tonight....that's a whole other doggie race track through the house........