and we got rid of the dogs. they are living at FILs house now. we decided it was time. since the new house has all new carpets, we thought it would be nice to not have our place smell of dog pee.
this decision has been coming for months. it was not a surprise to either of us that it came so easily. still, I miss them. not as much as I expected, but I haven't exacly been a good provider for them since the baby came along.
we figure that when she is 3 or 4 there will be another fur ball to come live with us. too boot, we don't want to have to deal with the death of a dog and have her be so young. they aren't really AWAY, and we will see them all the time.
it feels strange to have the house so quiet though....
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words cannot describe how happy I am. our neighbors are delightful, if not a little nutty. they are already head over heels for reagan. we've been invited for thanksgiving, but will not be able to go, as we're headed to FILs house. lets just hope they don't get all crazy on me.
also, its snowing. barely, but its there.
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She's been such a fun little person to be around lately. Growing and learning at such a phenomenal rate. I look back at old pictures and can't imagine how she was ever that tiny, and it's only been 10 short weeks! She's growing like a weed. At her check-up yesterday, she weighed in at 14 lbs 7 oz and 22.5 inches long. She's already doubled her birth weight, and grown 10% of her original size. That's mind boggling.
She discovered her hands a couple weeks ago. Well, she's known they are there for some time, since she figured she could get them to her mouth herself, instead of it just randomly happening. The other day she was laying in our camp chair (she loves laying outside) and I was watching her little face stare so intently at her little fist, which was about 3 inches from her nose. Her little hand and arm just started trembling, and I could see the cogs in her mind whirring, trying to get that thing to move when she wanted it to.
There are more smiles and giggles now. She makes all kinds of noises. Sometimes she screeches just because she can. We got her an activity mat, which entertains her for enough time for me to get some laundry folded or dishes done. It's kind of silly, to get excited over her figuring out that she can make noise when she punches the rattle, but it's pretty thrilling for me.
Of course, at her check-up we had her first round of shots. Poor girl, they scared her more then hurt her. I've been lucky in that I haven't seen a glimmer of a fever, and she's reacting pretty well. She is being a little needy, but is still sleeping and is calm when she's near me.
Oh, and we had our first bath in the big tub last night. She thought that was pretty swell, feeling her legs and arms floating around her. I was a little nervous, trying to hold her head above the water in a way to keep her from slipping off my grip, but it was quite fun for her.
Here are some pictures, because you know, I have to be annoying every now and then.
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am sore and tired and doped up, more later when im more coherent. thanks
for all the thoughts and prayers...
This morning I was up at 5am (as has been the norm for the past few days) and could hear the cat crying somewhere out behind our back fence. I didn't think much of it til later this afternoon, when I realized it was STILL outside crying, only louder and sounding more scared. I went to the back fence and happened to just look up to see that the poor thing was stuck up in a tree. WAY up in a tree, like, 20 ft off the ground. We tried to coax it down a branch that it could fall safely off of, but the little guy was just too scared.
I called Humane Society, and was told that the FD no longer saves kittens from trees, but to call this local company. The local company said that it would run us $200+ to get it down, and I wasn't about to shell out that kind of money for a stray. We got the neighbors over who found a ladder with extenders. We managed to get him down after a good hour of calling to him and praying he didn't fall and impale himself on a fence or branch. After that, we took him onto the back porch where Ron promptly up and named him Sam and fed him some tuna. Turns out he likes dog food better, so hey. Whatever, cat.
Of course, I'm deathly allergic to cats, no matter how badly I want to love them. I told Ron and I would gladly let the cat live outside and feed it, but there was just no way he could live inside. He's been chilling out back there, playing with the dogs and getting lots of attention from Ron.
Still, I can't help but feel that this is someones pet. He's a ridiculously sweet cat, does not mind dogs, and follows people around with no skittishness at all. His paws are clean and pads pink, his ears are clean and he looks like he's in generally good health. Plus, he's not all neurotic like the semi-feral cats we have that live out there. (I think it was the wild cats that chased him up the tree last night.) The silly cat keeps trying to come into the house, and I'm afraid he will figure out the dog door here in shortly and I'll wake up with a face full of cat hair.
We are going to take a picture and print up a few flyers to post around at the grocery stores and at the vets office down the street. I hate to just give the little guy to the Humane Society, he's such a super awesome cat. But I can't trust that he'll live on our porch forever without a) getting into the house or b) getting treed again by the other critters in the yard.
Sweet kitty. I wish I knew more people who might want cats, but sadly, I am a loser with few friends.
edit: It should be noted that there was NO WAY I could sit there and listen to that cat cry all day long, especially knowing that he would eventually just get so tired and weak he would fall out of the tree. At one point, I started to break down, but there was no way to get the little guy out. I wish I didn't have such a soft spot for animals, especially ones that CAN KILL ME. But it was the most gut wrenching thing to call out to him and watch him try to get to us and be so very scared. At one point, he almost fell off a branch, and I swear I felt my heart stop for a few seconds.
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I think half the internet using world is flocking to ONTD and commenting furiously. The internet could break in two from this news!
edit: is it bad that I'm laughing over the entire internet coming to a screeching halt? Even the news is reporting that the internet is coming to a glacial pace.
which sent me down a looooong path of music.
Strange, remembering how these turns happened.
Also, when did Hulu.com start offering entire movies? Imagine my surprise when I stumbled on Sexy Beast, which is awesome if for nothing else then Ben Kingsley.
So, to all parents, tell me about your birthstory. In as much detail as you are comfortable with (I know that some of you will not have issue with this at all.)
You can do it here in comments (which will be screened) or email me, moose (at) winstonlf . com.
I should go beat up the person that took violalee. Who else could possibly want that name? I even managed to get it on myspace and twitter.
I may have to reset all my stats now :(
- music:DeVotchKa - You Love Me
Even though it's going to game 7... man. What a great game.
Art lamps. Want.
I should learn to stay off Etsy.
This may be my new favorite blog.
I mean Canopic. Well, and the moose.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/b
HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I SPEND?! oooooh, amazon. You are the DEBIL!
Hotwire has not disappointed me. Hilton @ Midway for $58 a night. The lowest room rate they have is $159. SCORE. A decent room for the next week, with a comfortable bed and I won't have to worry about running a gauntlet of hookers and drug dealers in the parking lot. AND, it ended up only being 7 miles from where we are set to work, which is like, a miracle in a city like Chicago. Chancing hotels without knowing the location can get you in some pretty strange places. Like when we Hotwired the hotel in Seattle and ended up the other side of Tacoma, omg did that 1hr+ drive each way suck.
Laundry is done, dog food needs to be secured, packing needs to be done, and we still have to get a rental from DTW. I can't wait til this chaos of traveling is over for good.
And for some reason, 'Bittersweet Symphony' won't get out of my play list these days.
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