Hachi, big boys sleep on the couch

One of the baby gifts we've been waiting to try out on Mika is a vibrating, music-playing papasan chair. (If they made these for adults, I'd happily get one. It's basically a Barca lounger with a massager and built in stereo.) You pop the kid in, turn it on, and they happily hang out. Sounds like a dream come true, especially when Yuki wants some time to take a nap or we want to eat dinner together without holding Mika at the same time.

Yuki tried it out today with great success -- Mika seemed to love it. So, apparently, did Hachi. When Mika went into the chair, Hachi ran over to hang out next to her. And as soon as she was out of the chair, Hachi jumped in and curled up to take a nap. It was cute the first time, but we quickly realized that he was getting awfully comfortable in our new little arm-freeing lifesaver. (I've posted some pictures of Mika (and Hachi) enjoying the papasan chair.)

When Hachi jumped in the chair for the second or third time tonight, I turned to him and said: "No Hachi, the chair is for babies. Big boys sleep on the couch." He jumped out and followed me over to his favorite spot on the couch, curled up and went to sleep. Looking back on it, I'm not sure what's more ridiculous: that I feel totally comfortable talking to the dog or that I referred to our mini wiener dog as a "big boy."