They were having a sale

On boys. I got three (four if you count my husband) for the price of one.

One. Popeye mustache free with purchase.

Two. Fuzzy-yellow-bed-stealer.

Three. Gigantic 4 month old boy. (4 month pictures coming later today.)

New Cat: A review

If we're being completely honest there were 3 reasons we got the new cat:

• Monkey is kind of a b*tch, and isn't friendly very to guests or toddlers. Jack needed a cat to love.
• I wanted a kitten. They're cute, cuddly and they come fully potty trained.
• We go away a lot and I always feel bad leaving anti-social Monkey alone for a week/weekend.

But this is what we got out of getting a new cat:

• Monkey who used to over-eat (to the point of puking) about once in a while was over-eating almost daily, finally we got fed up and switched to dye-free cat food hoping it would just make for easier clean up. Now we're living barf free. (Don't ask me why I was buying cat food with dyes in it...)
• Monkey is so much more social! To the 3 of us at least.
• Jack has a kitty cat buddy who tolerates smothering hugs, pretend vet care, getting fallen down on, pokes to the eyes, ears and whiskers for anatomy lessons.
• Lap Cat!
• Admittedly it's not all rainbows and tra la la here in kitten-ville, we're also breaking a BAD human-food-eating habit and stealing of stuffed animals that are as large as the kitten, which means few animals are safe from capture.

Going Well

This whole 'second cat' situation could have been a disaster but this is a demonstration of how the results are better than I was expecting! Yay!

So what happened was...

We went to the Howard County Humane Society and picked up a toddler... erm... cat.

Monkey was scandalized by this. She has been guarding the nursery door to make sure it doesn't escape.

Too much nip?

So tiny.