Greatest toy of all

I can't believe I forgot this. The cats. Seriously. Stowa loves them. Yes the other stuff is great and she likes it, but the kid will practically break her neck to see them. Her face lights up when she sees them. She loves when they meow. She giggles when they run up the cat tree. They are her greatest source of entertainment (aside from mom and dad).

And now for something entirely more fun

Baby updates! Yep, Stowa is doing all sorts of cute things. I think right now my favorite thing is her being bashful (which is a really weird word if you think about it too long, which I just did). She gets all excited to see Itchy or myself and she puts her hands together, shrugs her shoulders, and turns away with a huge smile. It's like she's so happy to see us that she just doesn't know what to do. I wish I could get it on camera. It melts my heart.

She got a new jumperoo last week. She hasn't quite figured out how to jump in it yet, but she does enjoy the toys on it. And being upright. She prefers being upright.

One thing that we all love is the Ergo. Stowa and I love the Sleepy Wrap. But Stowa was starting to feel a little restricted by it. We're all loving the new baby carrier though. I let Itchy pick the color since I wanted him to use it too. It was a splurge, but totally worth it.

ETA: The jumperoo, the Ergo, and the Sleepy Wrap were all purchased by me. None of those companies know who I am and they certainly didn't give them to me. Although, if they would like to share their profits with me I'd be happy to talk with them.

That's quite enough

Hey Anonymous! That's enough. Really. I like getting comments but seriously your last comment crossed the line. You can quit.

The reason I don't post pictures of Stowa is that I don't know everyone that reads my blog. It's a public blog. I have a stat tracker. I'm sure you know what that is. It's fun to see who came here and how they found me. I can usually figure out who the visitors are. Some of them are family. Some are friends. Some are other bloggers (I read theirs and they read mine- Hey guys!). Others found me through random internet searches and have stuck around. Over time we've gotten to know each other.

But then there are the other people. I don't know who they are. I don't want to prevent them from coming here by going private. They are welcome to stay, and so are you Anonymous, but I won't be sharing my social security number with you.

I won't be sharing pictures of Stowa here either. I'm ok with it. I think she's cute and would love to show her off. However, Itchy isn't comfortable with it. I have to respect that. I'm not sure why he is ok with me posting pictures of the cats. He probably just thinks I'm a weirdo and it's one fight that he just isn't going to fight. So to be completely honest with you, when people start demanding pictures of my kid, it makes me wonder why. While your intentions may be pure, the way in which you have behaved leads to me believe otherwise.

So Anonymous, I will assure you that Stowa is not ugly or deformed. She's a cute baby. I think she's adorable. One of the cutest babies I've ever seen. But I'm her mom. I do realize that my love for her makes me see her with special "mom glasses". Even when her horns are showing I think she's perfect!

Random pics

What a coincidence. Someone wants pictures and I finally found the camera cord. Let's see what I have...


Found this at Walgreens today. Totally made me smile. Love the movie. I was excited to see Willy Wonka candy. I'll let you know how it tastes.

ETA: It's pretty good. It's a really big candy bar. I'd buy it again. Itchy ruined my fun though. He lives in Nofunland.

We have this as well. It's Stowa's "nursery". I think it's cute.

Cuddles

Old man is turning 7 today. He's had a big year. We moved off The Island. We moved into a new apartment (that was chosen primarily because it had the most cat friendly views and a long hallway in which the cats can run). He got a new cat tree. He also got a new baby sister. He's taken it all very well.

Some days he looks old to me and other days he looks like a baby. Like today. He just brought me a ball of paper so I'll play fetch with him. Goofy boy. He's officially a mature cat now.

Happy birthday Cuddles!


ETA: A new picture of my boy. Taken this afternoon. It's currently my favorite picture.

4 months old

Yep, somehow 4 months has passed since Stowa made her dramatic entrance into the world.

So far married life...

We've been married (officially, by law) for a month now. All I have to say is that married life is wonderful. It really is a wonderful feeling that you've found that one special person that you get to annoy for the rest of your life.

Sharing? It's for chumps

I've said it before and I'll say it again, we don't like to share in this house. I guess as Stowa gets older that might have to change, but as of now, we don't like it.

The other day the cats (yes we still have them) Patches (the tank) was laying on top of Cuddles (who doesn't really like to cuddle) in his living room bed. I have a picture but I am too lazy to find the camera cord. Patches was as happy as could be but Cuddles was none to happy to be sharing his bed.

I had to go buy cat food anyway so I checked to see if there were any cheap cat beds. I had to. I feel guilty for neglecting the cats, so I was willing to buy them a new bed to ease my own guilt. Anyway, there were two cat beds on clearance. Both were already 60% off. I was trying to decide which to buy when a store employee told me that they had been ringing up at half the clearance price! It was a great deal. I bought both. Itchy looked at me like I was crazy. Whatever. I also have pictures of the cats in their new beds. But I'm still too lazy to find the camera cord. Trust me it's cute though.

Speaking of nightmares

Geez Louise, I swear I have so much to catch you guys up on, but 1.)I've been busy and 2.) I'm lazy! However, I'm currently ignoring laundry for you.

So we all know that I am scared to death of koalas right? Right. While we were at Itchy's parent's house we were going through Itchy's stuff, trying to clean up the house. There were a few things from his childhood that he wanted to keep. An old football jersey, a few stuffed animals, photos, just some random stuff. Great. Then Itchy decides that the one toy that he'd like to give to Stowa is his old stuffed koala. It was given to his mom at a baby shower that was thrown for Itchy. He even found a picture of his mom opening that gift. How am I suppose to say no?

So now we have this koala in our room and it freaks me out every time I see it out of the corner of my eye. Yes, a nearly 30 year old stuffed animal is freaking me out. Issues? I haz 'em!

Nightmares

Last Saturday, before we all got sick, we went to the neighboring state to visit a few friends. It was really fun!

On our drive back we saw a snowy owl! It was standing on the road. We swerved to avoid hitting it and as we did that it flew up. I swear it almost touched the truck. It looked right at me. It's face was ridiculously close to mine. It freaked me out.

I don't know how much you know about snowy owls but these things are huge. They stand about 2 feet tall and have a wingspan of about 55 inches. It's a really big bird. It's not a bird that you see everyday either.

Itchy thinks it's beyond cool that we saw it. I agree with him (why yes, we are nerds thankyouverymuch) but the damn thing has been invading my dreams ever since we saw it. The nightmares are not cool. Not cool at all.