I think Kenzie looks so refined and "mature" in this photo — so much more like a dog now than a puppy. It is amazing how much she's grown in the past few weeks! When I weighed her today on our scale, she came in at about 13 lbs., at 5 months old. She continues to be the life of our household — especially since Ryan and I are both so exhausted when we get home from work each night. We can see where she's lost some of her baby teeth, and undoubtedly, that makes her still want to chew on everything. Sometimes, as long as it's not wood or my zebra rug (or me!), I just let her chew. :)
This weekend, Kenzie all of a sudden became concerned once again with her reflection. She used to play in front of the big mirror in our bedroom when she was a tiny puppy, but for weeks now it hasn't really bothered her. On Friday night, though, she wouldn't stop barking at her reflection from the bed until I took her right up to the mirror, explained that it was just her (I have no doubt she understood every word), and let her touch her paws and face to it. She was fine ... and then did it all over again! Saturday morning, she went into "attack mode" with that "other dog" in the mirror [see photo below]. Tail just a waggin' ...