So yesterday Odahviing had to save mommy. I was laying on the floor, petting Pooka (one of the cats), and Wayne put Odahviing on my chest. She cuddled in, and he leaned down to give me a wet, noisy, joking kiss on the lips. Well, she straightened up and gave him the stink eye!! Her head was raised and tilted, and she was doing that bearded dragon "I'm watching you Mister!" We laughed, and he leaned down to give me a wet kiss on the neck. Odahviing crazy bearded at him. We lost it. He did it again, and she was standing tall on all four legs, bearded and stiff and staring at him.
"You better not eat mommy!! I know how this works!" We decided to spare her lizard sanity and give her a break. He walked away, and I petted her and tried to calm her down. She wouldn't move or relax, just kept following his movements with her head and glaring after him. Finally I sat up slowly and picked her up to cuddle her into my hands against my chest. She soothed and relaxed. All was fine. Daddy was allowed to pet and kiss her again. I gave her cuddles and more kisses and told her what a brave girl she was. She's not even a foot long yet. Still not 100 grams.... Guard beardie. She will always save mommy.
Lately, I've also found that Odahviing likes to play. .... Like a cat.
I'm working on a project where I'm wrapping wooden beads as button molds. I had one dangling, and Odahviing went after it. She was freshly fed, so she wasn't hungry. She's also played tug of war with me a half hour earlier with my phone charging cord.
I decided that the bead was large enough she couldn't swallow it, so what the heck.