Buddy Boy

 Our cat chipper has been lethargic and off for a while, when all of a sudden he had a major growth break out on his toe. It seemed to come out of no-where. After about 10 days it looked like this: 

 Luckily, Marnee and Kellie had just come into to town for a brief minute and Marnee was able to take a look at it. She said that we needed to get him into a vet asap. So off we went...

$850 dollars later, we have discovered that it was cancer. In fact a very fast, nasty cancer that is nick-named "cat killer". It had not spread to his lungs, thank goodness. But we did have to have the toe amputated. he seems to be doing much better. A was a pretty chilling reminded that our original "children" are getting old and we may not have them around much longer. We've had Chipper Jones Madsen aka Buddy Boy since we adopted him as a stray while living in Atlanta in 2002...a decade is a long time, my friends, and I wonder how much more time we will have with him. 

Wordless Wednesday - Into Everything

You have how many pets?!

My dear, dear friend Kim Henrie and her family is moving to Portland, OR. It's breaking my heart! I'm not excited about this...but despite my begging, praying, pleaded, and even attempted bribing, they are moving nonetheless. When they move we are planning to move into their home and rent our house out. It will be nice to be on one level and to have a  yard. But along with renting their home, we are inheriting their dog, Molly Trigger. Once they get settled, then they will take her back. It's more of a foster care vs. adoption situation. She's a really good dog and Jenna could not be more excited.

And Trigger is so very good with Jenna. She's had lots of experience with Cutler and Kapri which makes me feel better. We really are very excited about having her, but it could be a bit crowded with two cats, Trigger, and a toddler...let the games begin! 

"MOME 'ER, GRIGGER! MOME 'ER"

The Prince and the Pea

I came home from work yesterday to find Chipper sitting on top of the stack of new chair cushions I had just bought. It looked so funny, I had to grab a picture!

Then today when I came into the room I found Shadow sitting on Jenna's playmat with Jenna right there next to her. Guess they must be getting a little used to her, huh?

Wordless Wednesday

HOME

The cats were very intrigued by Jenna when we got home. Even with as sweet as she is sleeping the were not all that interested in being anywhere near her once she started making noise. So they would search high and low to find anywhere they thought they could escape to. Even though we've only had a couple days at home, we are headed to San Diego for Thanksgiving. I'm excited for my family to get to meet our little one.