Jericho aquires a new name.....

Well Ellie and I made it through mom's harvest time and our grandparents visit.
We were fairly well behaved and a little subdued while they were here....BUT after they left did I cut loose! I played on the log archway above the foyer(about 17' high over wood floors) and gave mom a heart attack even though she had put out scat mats I flew from the steps over the railing and onto the log. It was very slick but I held fast and was planning to climb up to the top of the main log which is 23' high or maybe a dash across the antler chandelier and into the window sill on the second story. I am not sure which idea it was that made mom ask me very nicely to come back and let her pet me so I obliged as always and once she had me she about passed out. I never did get to go back upstairs. Mom set up a a very nasty stair bombing of scat mats set to high and a cardboard gate. I haven't yet figured out how to get through it all. Mom just smirks at me now when I look up at the log.
I have also decided to jump on the kitchen island and table..... I did that while the grandparents were here to try and impress them with my abilities. Mom and dad weren't impressed at all and more scat mats were laid out. I can smell them now and don't jump when they are there....but sometimes they aren't!

Mom wanted to post some new pics of me but she hasn't figured out the photo software on the new computer yet. I have really grown and turned much darker. I weigh 17lbs now but still have more to go.

I love to play fetch and drive the parents crazy hauling my toys around the house for them to throw. Last night I made mom play with me for an hour after dad went to sleep. She tried to sleep but I kept dropping my toy on her face and she would throw it farther and farther till it would start REALLY BOUNCING off the walls. Cool. Eventually she covered her head and that was the end of that.

I am talking constantly to anyone that will listen and even sometimes when they aren't so I now have the nickname JJ short for Jabbering Jericho. Mom says it also stands for Jumping Jericho.
Either way I like it.

Ellie can still kick my butt for a little girl. When she gets done with me she runs over to the Supreme ruler Tater and tries to pick a fight. He is a lot of noise and it scares me so I run and hide. Nothing much ever comes of the noise makers but I want nothing to do with it. Someday Ellie may be the Supreme one but not yet.
I don't much care and get along well with both.

Well hopefully mom will get some photos of me up in the next week or so.
Sure wish I could see and hear from my Sib's and relatives too.

Take care all!

JJ and Ellie Belly