Archy Bonker

Rhea has always been a baby ahead of her time...she held her head up early, sat early, crawled early, pulled herself up early...cripes she was BORN with a tooth! Seems like since the day she was born we have been marveling (as you all know having read about all that marveling) at her skill and the depth of her determination to master new things. I think we once thought that all of these early developmental markers were a sign of her superior physical prowesses...tangible proof of her smashing good genes. While I am still sure the girl has a solid genetic makeup...I am more inclined to think that all of these before her time skills are more likely the direct result of an iron clad will.

aka: she is stubborn as hell. I know..surprise surprise.

Our girl knows what she wants and when she wants it. It's the getting it that she sometimes struggles with. She is single minded in her pursuit of whatever it is she is pursing and god help the person, cat, pillow, lint (you name it), that comes between her and her intended path. She is a little bulldozer and if you try and intercept her mid task (such as her knocking the cat water over for the umpteenth time, or trying to sample the dry cat food) she will immediately squeal...arch her back in an attempt to wiggle out of your arms...and throw her head back with such immediacy and force that she bonks it at least 45% of the time. Her frustrated complaining then turns to the real cry of a baby with a hurt head...which really is heartbreaking.

I keep thinking she will learn that when she arches her back well then she hits her head and therefore she should probably cut back a bit on all that flailing. You know the ol' if A than B scenario. But I think she attributes the head bonking more to whoever or whatever has intervened with her desires (which nine out of ten times is of course me) than with anything she herself is doing. Least that's the way it seems when she looks at me all mad and pathetic with those accusing tear filled eyes.

We now affectionately call her Archy Bonker...a nickname, with the above description as background, I do believe speaks for itself.

Honestly though, I wouldn't trade any of it..not even a bit....because the sound of her happy squeal when she pulls off something like this.....


Just makes it all make sense.