Pet names

It constantly shocks me how old little Macen is getting. He's going to be 6 in a few weeks but the age itself means nothing to me really. Having no real sense of what a six year old should behave like, all I can do is look at the two baby nephews and remember when Mace was that little. Especially because his little brother is the spitting image of him.

The other week, it really hit close to home that our little baby really was growing up. When I went to visit him, he told me that his fish had died earlier and took me out to show me where the poor fish had been buried. Mace then dragged me upstairs to show off his new red fish.

Let's be clear here - Mace has had a fish since he was about a year old. The fishs' names have always been "Choo Choo" because that was pretty much the only word Mace could say at the time. Well, that and "Dada" but there was someone else already answering to that. So Choo Choo is was.

Macen's second pet was a little pug named "Lilo" for the cartoon Lilo & Stitch. Finally, his new puppy was named "Ruby" for Max & Ruby.

Back to the story at hand. Mace showed me his new fish, which I assumed was named Choo Choo (4) but that was not to be so. Macen gave me a 'duh' look and informed me that the newest member of the family is named "Luke". As in Luke Skywalker! I guess the days of our innocent little baby are long past but I thought we had some more time with our little boy. Before I know it, he's going to be out dating little girls who don't deserve him. Goddess forbid.