Kitty Parenthood- Day 3

Jack and Milo. You can tell who the relaxed one is and who the crazy one is :)

Milo sleeping in Mom's arms

Jack and his favorite feather toy

Milo and Steve hanging out

Milo (I think he looks scary in this picture, maybe it's the yellow eyes.)

Beth and a very curious Jack

Jack likes Mom's earrings

We've had a lot of fun this weekend getting to know our kittens! At this moment, Jack is under the coffee table and Milo is in a small space under the couch. Hopefully I can coax them out to play in a little while. I have the washer machine and dryer going, so that probably scares them a little bit.

More Jack and Milo stories to come! :)

Our Kittens

Today Steve and I adopted two beautiful kittens. Jack and Milo are 4 month old brothers. They are marvelous! We had been talking about adopting for some time, but between the holidays and not being sure what we were looking for, we decided to put it off.

After the gym this morning, I ran over to Petsmart to look again at the cats again and low and behold there were 4 pairs of green eyes lovingly staring into mine, calling my name! I stayed and played with them for about an hour and talked to the Petsmart lady for another hour. Steve dropped by after his meeting in the morning. We were sold.

We picked up some things for them and took them home as soon as we could. We were told to keep them in one, small room for a couple days so they could adjust. They are staying in the hallway bathroom. We play with them for hours at a time. :)

We just got home and we're scared!!!

Jack's first steps in his new home:

Exploring:Milo is scared, so he's hanging out with Steve:

I sit in the litter box even when I'm not peeing. (Mom and dad don't like it.) We hang out by the toilet because we're cool.

Jack is more outgoing:Milo is cuddly:

Jack:
Milo found the shower:

My Masterpiece

I made my first homemade cake yesterday. It was a carrot cake with cream cheese icing for my mom's birthday. I took a couple pictures because I was proud of it. :) As you can see, I didn't do the greatest job icing it. I think the cake was still a little warm. It kept sliding off the top and sides.

If you are interested in the recipe you can go to:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Carrot-Cake-III/Detail.aspx

I made the healthier version of this recipe. The alterations were from the the reviewer "gneebeanie". She is the first reviewer on the page.

Snow and other thoughts...

Well, it really is snowing tonight. It's rather wet and probably won't stick, but it looks beautiful anyway.

Although subbing has been consistent, yesterday and today I didn't work. I've been restless, but have found plenty of things that I stuffed on my ongoing, ever growing list. So, it's been nice to sleep in an hour or two and run errands or complete projects.

Sitting here, with time suddenly on my hands, I realized how much of my life has spent running and running. Ever since I was 13, I've had a part-time job. First it was working at one of our church's thrift stores, then it was McDonald's (I was the drive through girl), and I've always babysat for people here and there. When I moved to Iowa, I worked at Panera for a year and then at a daycare/preschool for 3 years. When I went to Olivet, I worked for the Office of Transfer Admissions and as an RA.

Even when I moved to New Jersey, I was planning a wedding. It was crazy! It wasn't until after I got married and Steve went back to work that I really knew what it was like to have some serious time on my hands. It wasn't really a vacation because I spent a large amount of time by myself. I learned to enjoy the quite of a day spent by the pool or at the beach, or reading at Panera.

I have never considered myself deprived of the ability to rest, however, it would appear that I struggle with it. I wouldn't say that people who don't find time to rest are wrong, just missing out.

While walking into AC Moore to purchase picture frames, I saw a mother lifting her small son out of a cart. For a moment he was standing up, balanced by her hands, laughing and laughing. She bent down to kiss him, then picked him up. How completely adorable. I think I shared that to say how much I consider moments like that worthwhile in my life as opposed to the ones that rob me of my ability to find joy in the smallest of victories or the greatest of moments.

Hope you've noticed something that's made you smile recently.

Holy Cow!

Can anyone explain to me why it's in the middle of January and it's warm outside??? We still haven't had any snow!!!!!!

Just had to lament about that....

Hope some of you are enjoying frosty winter weather.