I love my new apartment!

When we first got here, I really missed my old house. It wasn't perfect but it was mine and it was the only place I had ever lived. I knew all of the rooms by heart, every step in the front and back of the house and all of the noises in the neighborhood. If I had to bark, it was for a good reason! I loved all of the big tall trees and the nice plants that Mom and Dad planted around the yard. Good places to sniff and green grass to chew on. Those are the things I miss most. Here's all of us right before we left for Texas:

















The first thing I noticed about my new place, is all of the steps. I'll keep my girl-ish figure for sure! That's Mom way up there:



















But I'm used to them now. Having to walk up all those steps is a little inconvenient but the views are the best! And because it's so sunny on this side of the building, we a have all kinds of interesting plants that make this one of my favorite spots to relax while I survey my new neighborhood:






















The back deck is great as well. It gets a little noisy sometimes, especially when it's really hot and everybody comes to swim in the pool. But I still like to hang out there. So does Stella, my crazy cat sister. My parents say that she's "social but insecure". Whatever. I think she's a fruitbat!


















There's a bunch of interesting critters here as well. This guy likes to hang around the plants on the front deck. He is a type of lizard called an Anole, but we've all named him Jorge. We know it's a "he" because the girls are brown:


















Here's another strange creature that sometimes hangs around. They seem to want to come into the apartment to visit. Dad doesn't seem to think that's a very good idea. They're called "stinkbugs" and when they get scared, they let a smell out that can really clear a room! Stella found this out the hard way when she tried to catch one. The stink made her eyes water and she sneezed a whole bunch!

Mwahahahahahahahahahaha!


















Anyways, I'm very content in Austin, Texas!