While Ben was out of town.....

Ben spent all of last week in the British Virgin Islands, cruising and island hopping on a yacht with a bunch of friends. I decided kind of last minute not to join him since feeling like a whale and being completely sober do not make for fun boat trips. Plus, what if something happened to Emery? I was pretty anxious at the thought of being a two day boat ride away from a medical center (I wouldn't even consider the facilities down there to be "hospitals"). Since I was going to be in town, I offered to babysit for the yellow lab of some friends of ours who were also attending BVIs 2009. Oh my goodness......Lilly the Lab is 12 months old and she is hilarious!! She also has more energy than I ever dreamt possible. After having her all to myself for several days, I begged my parents to come visit and bring Spark-e in hopes of Lilly finally getting a chance to tire herself out. Maddux certainly wasn't up for the job! Mom ended up bringing Spark-e twice and Lilly had two play dates with the chocolate lab who lives across the street (Rosco). She wore them both out, but not herself. Lilly went home this morning and I cried! I miss her! Here are some pics of her first play date with Spark-e. As soon as Ben gets around to uploading his pics from the boat trip, I'll post some of those.
Poor Maddux tried to take cover under the pillow.

Lilly thinks she is a lap dog.