Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Our New Addition :)
Meet the new addition to our family!
This is Pepper. This is Pepper before we let her come inside. She (well, I am pretty sure the cat is a she!) showed up on our back porch early in November. The kids would pet her and give her attention and she did incredibly well with that. She also didn't leave! We began to notice that she would curl up on our back porch and be there in the morning, waiting to greet us. Finally, one day Dave(!!) said let's feed her some milk. Forget it. The cat said, "You had me at milk..." (Jerry Maguire, anyone?) and really never left. One night, some beast came on the back porch and we heard a terrible howling. I persuaded Dave to let us put her in our garage overnight, so we set up a large cardboard peach box on the floor of the garage with an old towel in it and a bowl of the beloved milk beside. After a few days of that (and Pepper being really great and not going to the bathroom anywhere in the garage) we decided to let her actually come in. Before we did that, we made sure to call our neighbor who is the information hub of our street and beyond and ask if this cat belonged to anyone. She said no, that she thought we'd gotten a new pet. ;)
She has done G.R.E.A.T. with the kids. I can't believe she puts up with as much as she does. She did have quite a bit of dandruff, but that has gone away with her getting more food to eat and fat in her diet.
We bring her to the vet this coming Monday to make sure she is healthy, but I haven't found any fleas or any other nasty things on her.
This is Pepper. This is Pepper before we let her come inside. She (well, I am pretty sure the cat is a she!) showed up on our back porch early in November. The kids would pet her and give her attention and she did incredibly well with that. She also didn't leave! We began to notice that she would curl up on our back porch and be there in the morning, waiting to greet us. Finally, one day Dave(!!) said let's feed her some milk. Forget it. The cat said, "You had me at milk..." (Jerry Maguire, anyone?) and really never left. One night, some beast came on the back porch and we heard a terrible howling. I persuaded Dave to let us put her in our garage overnight, so we set up a large cardboard peach box on the floor of the garage with an old towel in it and a bowl of the beloved milk beside. After a few days of that (and Pepper being really great and not going to the bathroom anywhere in the garage) we decided to let her actually come in. Before we did that, we made sure to call our neighbor who is the information hub of our street and beyond and ask if this cat belonged to anyone. She said no, that she thought we'd gotten a new pet. ;)
She has done G.R.E.A.T. with the kids. I can't believe she puts up with as much as she does. She did have quite a bit of dandruff, but that has gone away with her getting more food to eat and fat in her diet.
We bring her to the vet this coming Monday to make sure she is healthy, but I haven't found any fleas or any other nasty things on her.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
2011 Year in Review (Almost)
We're not quite to the end of 2011 yet, but I thought I'd post a sampling of photos from our year so far (minus the ones of Joshua that are on his blog).
Sarah likes to use her play kitchen to store her toast in, among other things. I never know what I will find when I open those doors!
Sweet Rachel
Sarah has now graduated to the bottom bunk. I miss the crib. It held her in there so nicely...
School time! Sarah "helping" Matti with school. :)
Timothy enjoying a swing at our local park.
A bunch of snuggly kids.
Stephen having fun at a local lake.
Rachel and Dave at the lake.
Sarah and Mama toes at the lake. :)
A Flower from Stephen. :)
Snow Cute, without the snow!
Sarah drinking from the sprinkler...oh boy!
Rachel the mermaid
Matthew with Joshua, July 2011
Stephen and Joshua, July 2011
Baby Joshua in his crib, August 2011
Joshua, August 2011
Physical therapy is hard, mama!
Timothy and Joshua, September 2011
Joshua and Stephen watching a movie with the family, September 2011
Sweet Joshua, October 2011
The kids! October 2011
Sarah's 2nd birthday
Lego Stephen :)
Rachel in her play clothes. Yes, this is pretty much what we use our winter clothes for now, except for maybe a month in winter!
Timothy up in one of our pecan trees
Matthew, tree climber
Tree Stephen
Fall Fun 2010
New Friends and More Kid Shots
A few months after we moved, we got some Buff Orpington chicks. The kids were very impressed that they came by mail!
Who's the Baby?
Friends :)
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