Rest in Peace Puddy

Flashback to Valentines Day 1997 when Greg gave me a tiny orange kitten. We appropriately named her Valentine. Since then though, she has been affectionately known as Puddy.



Well, over the past few days Puddy has not been acting herself. She had a weird look in her eyes and seemed to be losing weight. For those of you that know Puddy, losing weight is not in her vocabulary. When we saw blood this morning, Greg took her to the vet. The diagnosis -- kidney failure, something with her pancreas, severe dehydration and her body was going into shock. We knew what we had to do.

So, despite all the jokes we made about Puddy, she really was a great cat and will be missed.



Rest in Peace Puddy. We love you.

Baby Hope

As promised, here are some pictures of Hope.







Congratulations to Karen and Joe. She really is beautiful!

Baby Updates

So much to tell:

1) Spoiler Alert - Eric & Katie are having a GIRL!!! Go team pink!

2) Greg and I are scheduled for a sonogram to find out what we are having on April 1. We can't wait!

3) Karen had her baby yesterday .... Hope Victoria was born at 2:52pm. She weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and was 21 inches long. Everyone is doing well and I can't wait to see them. Pictures to follow w/in a few days.

Puppies!

Melissa and Doug have decided to get another dog so they contacted the Lab breeder that their families have used in the past. The puppies were born last Saturday so they sent Mimi, Papa and Natalie up there today to check out the litter.

OMG!





The Proud (and tired) Mommy











10 black labs. Love them.

Badour ... Party of 4?!?!

Yes, that is correct, for those of you that do not yet know, our little family of 3 will be expanding to four in August! We were able to see the baby today at a sonogram and here are the glamour shots.






Head and hand (no, that's not a foot, the hand is up to the mouth)



And Natalie couldn't be happier. As seen here in this "Big Sister in Training"
t-shirt.


Mark your calendars for August 30, 2009!

Big Girl Furniture

Natalie's big girl furniture arrived this weekend and we got her all set up in a new purple room.











As you can see, she loves her new room and has no problems sleeping in the big bed.

Bring a Friend Week

This week was Bring a Friend week to TumbleWeeds so Natalie invited Maria. They had a blast during class. Here are a few pics.

















Thanks Willow, for bringing Maria up.