Time for some catching up.  Danika celebrated her 13th birthday on the 14th, marking 11 years here with me just a few days prior.  She is doing well, but does sometimes shiver in her hind legs and seem to have some periodic struggles with all of the stairs.  She's also either started not hearing me as well or just not caring as much when I call her - I believe it to be the later.  Saffy on the other hand is her normal crazy self.  They're both shedding like crazy right now, so keeping things tumbleweed free has been quite the challenge.

We did a cake smash photo session last Saturday and a family photo/first birthday photo session today.  The weather has been so sticky and hot combined with frequent rain and thunderstorms.  Meh.  This made standing outside today for an hour a bit sticky.  Avery has been cranky for these photo sessions, but I'm hopeful we got some good shots.  There are some decent shots of her despite her unhappiness last weekend - including one that beautifully captures the current color of her eyes.

All of this rain also means my lawn, I use that word loosely, is insane.  Mostly it is comprised of weeds again - despite the seeding.  It's rather frustrating.  The weeds in the flower beds are a bit obscene too - including one I pulled yesterday that was easily 3 feet tall.  How are they doing this in the mulch and getting through the weed barrier?  When I pull them it lifts the barrier and it is getting exposed and looking less than great.

Finally, something I want to moan a little about to the world.  Today, after our photos we stopped for a treat (ice cream).  As I get out of the car I immediately see a dog in a truck.  It's 80 degrees out.  I don't care if the windows are cracked, that's so not ok.  There was a state senate law that I believed passed regarding this, but clearly, our local police don't seem to agree.  I called... they came... he told me "it's only a dog" and because the dog didn't seem to be in distress it wasn't animal abuse.  I hope this guy doesn't work with the K9 unit at all.