Only a few more days!!!

Only a few more days until a 5 day weekend for me!! Woo Hoo!! And what is even more exciting is on Tuesday, September 2nd, little Greyson will be here!!! Molly asked everyone what they thought Greyson would weigh, and here are the results. We'll see who is closest:

Andrea:7 lb 15oz

Jay: 7 lbs 8oz

Kristi: 7lbs 15oz

Brad: 8lbz 2oz

Dad: 8lbs 8oz

Mom: 8lbs 7oz

Nelson: 8lbs 14 oz

Robin:8lbs 8oz

Lou: 8lbs 4oz

Molly: 9 lbs

I won't post again probably until Greyson is here, but when I get a chance, I will post pics and let everyone know who was closest. This is gonna be a great weekend!!

10 Year Anniversary!!

On Friday, Brad and I celebrated out 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Do you believe that we were married on August 22nd, 1998. I was the tender age of 18 and Brad was 21. Everyone probably thought we were crazy, especially since we had only been dating since November 1997. But not only did we make it this far, we are so much more in love than we were then. It seems we have both grown up together, and grown to love and respect each other so much more.

We celebrated by going to Texas de Brazil for dinner, and boy did we splurge. $200 bill!! Crazy Huh? But we sure enjoyed it. Brad had SO MUCH meat, I thought he would bust. Then we both had dessert drinks and cake. My wine was $21 for one glass, but it was SOOO GOOD! We thought, "Hey - 10 year anniversary only comes around 1 time, let's enjoy it."

Once we got home after our 2 hour dinner, we were so full we just hung out with the rest of our "family" (kitties in other words). But we had a great time. It is fun dressing up and going out sometimes, but when it comes down to it, Brad and I are home-bodies. Good thing we get along - right?

But here's to 10 Years Honey - Another 40+ more to enjoy!!

Gabriel Elisha Seastrunk

My friend Amber had her baby today. Gabe was born at 11:19 today and weighed in at 7 lbs even. Momma and Baby Gabe are both doing great. He is a cutie, isn't he! Amber is amazing - 3 boys under 2! It is kinda neat that him and his twin brothers are so close in age, they are going to have alot of fun together.

Seeing a new baby makes me excited......Only 2 more weeks till Molly has Greyson. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT!!

Reana, Beana, Deana, Do - Isn't She Cute??

Seriously - is she cute or what. You guys don't know how much I love my little Beana Baby. Well, Maybe you do. She is such a brat, such a cry baby, such a little fart. But there is nothing better than being woke up every day by a sweet nibble, or her just stretching her paw out to barely touch me while she sleeps. She is like no other cat I know. When I shower in the morning, she is sitting there talking to me the whole time. I imagine her saying "Momma, please don't go to work, stay home with me." When I put on my makeup, she literally jumps on my shoulders to make me hold her like I am burping a baby. When I am done getting dressed, she walks beside me down the hallway to feed the fish. She sits on the end table while I feed them, then she meets me in the kitchen for her breakfast. She cries and cries until I feed her. When I leave for the day, she walks me to the door, then "waves" to me underneath the laundry room door. When I get home, she greets me at the door, and follows me to the bedroom while I change. While I eat dinner, she sits next to me. Then if I watch TV, she sits either on or next to me. If I do my yoga, she weaves between my legs during the poses, and I swear I have caught her doing "Downward facing Dog" the same time I am. When I get ready for bed, she sits on the counter and waits for her evening grooming after I wash my face and brush my teeth (yes, she has her nightly beauty regiment too). When I go to bed, she waits until I get comfortable, then she lays down on me or on top of my pillow (depending how hot it is).

Now is that a loyal cat or what. Brad gets jealous, but Doc does the same with him......

Anyways, how could you not love such a cutie? Ask Brad - he gets to clean up when she eats to fast.......

Funny Video

This is a funny video. My favorite parts are Corporal Cuddling and Cat Yodelling.

Where??

Where did this week go? Things have been crazy this week!

Major Breakthrough!

As many of you know, when Brad and I first got together, Doc hated me. I was moving into his territory that had previously been a bachelor pad. He was downright nasty to me. He would lay in the hallway and if I tried to pass, he would attack me. I would have to call Brad over to move him. If Brad wasn't home, I was screwed if he was somewhere I needed to go. Well that was 10 years ago, and he has since grown to love me. Some of you are not that lucky. My poor Mom and Sister have house-sat for us and both have felt Doc's wrath. Mom - Do you still have scars?? J/K


Well, Brad is about to go to Las Vegas for his annual Nintendo trip. I was pretty nervous about having to do Doc's sub-q's on my own. Granted, he doesn't attack me or anything, but he isn't putty in my hands either. Sunday was my first try, and it went OK. Yesterday was the real breakthrough. I sat down the laundry basket (Doc sits in it while we do the sub-q's) and was hanging up the bag of fluids. I called Doc - but lets face it, Cats are not Dogs by any means, and hardly ever come when called. Right? Wrong - Doc not only came over but he jumped in the basket, and sat there pretty much waiting on the fluids! And he was so good during them. I think I am going to be able to do it all by myself.


I am just so excited, I can hardly contain myself. I am so proud of our Big Boy!! You don't know how big this is!!!!

Molly's Baby Shower for Greyson

Today we had a baby shower for Molly and Baby Greyson.

It was at Into My Garden Tearoom.

Some of Molly's close friends came along with her Mom and me.
We had a great lunch and the cake was wonderful.

Here are a few of the pics.

LOVE YOU MOLLY!! I am so glad I was able to do this for you!!

Revolve around this!

Isn't it weird how in 43 days how much our lives can change? A little over a month ago, we were selfish tight wads. We did our own things when we wanted to, and we just blew money. Now everything seems to revolve around Doc and his schedule. I missed a work meeting on Monday night because he needed his sub-q's. After the movie on Saturday night, we couldn't go out for drinks because we had to get Doc his Pepsid (he throws up foamy stuff if we are too late). I have even given up going to the gym until we can get Doc stable for 2 months. It is OK for us though. It is nice to see him feeling better. It is so funny when he plays now, his tummy is all shaved and flabby, and when he stands on his back legs. His belly doesn't even move.


Last night was our best sub-q. Doc just laid there patiently while we did our thing. And it was over in about 2 minutes. I think it was the first time he didn't get wet from them. Normally he either squirms at the end of them and the needle slips out or I forget to turn the wheel to close off the flow of fluids. My bad.



See - I told you our lives are boring. They revolve around a cat. How sad is that? And now that we have spent so much on the vet bills, our lives will be even more boring. Going out will definitely be limited now.

First time for everything....

Blogging seems to be the thing to do, so here we go. This is a first for us. Andrea - you have inspired me to do this!

A little background - Brad and I got married August 22, 1998. we are coming up on 10 years this year. We live in Fort Worth with our 3 kitties. We have 2 nieces and 2 nephews and another on the way. Since we will not be having kids, we get to live vicariously through them and their parents. But we do consider our cats to be our kids. They are:

• Doc (the tabby) is our oldest and has Chronic Renal Failure (CRF). Since he has been diagnosed, our life has been a real rollercoaster but we are learning to live with the daily difficulties of it.
• Chloe (the tuxedo) is our middle and not the most social kitty.
• Reena (the Siamese) is the youngest and is a spoiled brat.

So I hope to keep up with this blog, and everybody will get to see how boring our lives really are. But we like the boring life - so don't knock on it!