The beginning of the end

Or is that the end of the beginning?

Mateo has figured out that there's a whole world that exists above him, and he's determined to figure it out. It's so much fun watching him pull up on things, mumbling and grumbling to himself. Sometimes he gets excited and shrieks. Sometimes he crawls over to the floor vents and yells downstairs...as if he knows that there are people down there. Desjawn and Sherry think it's funny. Oh! Speaking of which (they're the women who work downstairs, btw), we now share the house with not one, but TWO more dogs: Sherry's miniature chihuahua, Axel, and Desjawn's toy pom, Brandi. Maisie could eat them both in about 2 bites. Brandi sleeps in a little basket at Desjawn's feet; yesterday she was wearing a pink t-shirt that said "princess". Axel sits in a basket on Sherry's desk, and sometimes spends time in a Mexican-print woven shoulder bag that Sherry wears. Mike thinks it's ridiculous. I kind of agree, but I also think it's kind of cute.

I'm eating roasted squash seeds right now. I'm going to make soup today from some Heart of Gold squash I bought. I picked it out because I thought Mike would like the fact that it was named after a Neil Young song. Right?

OK back to it...gotta clean the bathroom before Mateo wakes up from his nap.