Toys!

Brandy was feeling a little left out of the toy buying lately, so while Danica was sleeping we caught Brandy playing with Danica's toys:

And then Brandy found Danica's long lost binky and well--lets just say that Danica won't be using it again:
But since I know that Danica is really the star of this blog--I had to show you Danica playing with her new toys. My friend Colleen gave Danica a few things that her daughters had outgrown. By far the telephone is the favorite--is that a bad sign?

And if you look closely, you can see her bottom teeth. The top teeth have to be coming soon.
And all of us want to wish a Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there. We celebrated Father's Day last weekend with Grandpa Yves, Grandpa Gary, and Daddy--and had a blast. This weekend though we may make Dad breakfast when he wakes up, depending on how cooperative a teething Danica decides to be. :)

Tis the Season

Corey and I have learned that Christmas decorating with a newborn must be done in stages--and so far the only stage we have completed has been the tree. But really we were rather proud of ourselves for figuring out how to get our tree up--the directions were not helpful at all.

So now I am answering my cousin's call to show our Christmas decorations--I will try to show more as we get them done.

While Danica may have been sleeping, someone else in our house was watching us put the tree up for the first time. And we have some concerns about how she is going to handle the tree and the ornaments.While I was giving Danica a bath, Corey took a picture of Brandy investigating the tree. We are actually starting to take a pool on how many of our ornaments we will have at the end of the holiday season--but so far she hasn't found them yet. But she has tried to eat one of the bottom branches--hopefully artificial trees are not toxic to investigating cats?
But we also have realized we have many decisions to make regarding our decorations and the traditions we want to start in our family. First you may have noticed we don't have a tree topper--we can't decide what we want at the top of the tree. Its a big decision.

Second, we have our wonderful stockings but no mantle. So we have to decide where we are going to put our stockings. I was going to line them up with garland under the window by the tree--but Corey reminded me that Brandy would probably think they were her new toys. And I probably would have to murder the cat if she attacked our stockings.

Speaking of stockings I have to show everyone the beautiful stocking that my Aunt Shirley made to match Corey's (she made it too) and my stocking (my grandma made that one). Isn't it the cutiest stocking ever!!

When I figure out how I am going to display the stockings I will take more pictures so you can see all three of the stockings. But as you can see--our Christmas decorations are a work in progress right now. :)

A Sight to See

Danica and I woke up for our early morning feeding to find this:

Apparently Brandy has been feeling a little left out and so she decided to unravel a skein of yarn down the hall from Danica's room to the bathroom and even into the living room. So now that I have talked about her again hopefully she feels better and won't find something else to undo. :)

Danica and I went to lunch with my friend Jenny and her kids yesterday. It was a lot of fun--and I got to expose Danica to mediterranean food (I had a gyro--it was yummy). Before we went home I had to stop at the Carter's store (very dangerous store I have found). I got Danica some clothes--and the onies below may be one of my favorites. I call her my cuddle bug--so the love bug logo seemed to fit perfectly. So here are some pictures of Danica with one of her new outfits on. This is proof that taking a picture while holding the baby does not give the best results--but she is so darn cute that I had to share. :)

Tired Kitty

I am guessing that Brandy has been jealous that I have been writing about Danica almost all the time--which has left no time to write about Brandy. So to ensure that she got her proper place on the blog Brandy decided to make our night interesting. About 11pm Corey thought he heard thunder, so he opened our front door to see if he could see the storm. Yep you guessed it--Brandy bolted out between his feet. So Corey spent a good 20 minutes trying to find our black kitty in the dark (not fun). Then he came in for a few minutes. He went back to the door and found Brandy at the edge of the house looking at the door. He walked out, pointed at the door and told her to get in the house. She sneakily walked towards the door and then suddenly bolted through the house. She spent the rest of the night crying at the front door--she wanted back outside I guess--or at the bedroom door--she wanted Corey to forgive her.

Either way she has spent the morning sleeping--it is very tiring to go running outside and then through the house.

So now she has her post in the blog. I guess I will have to pay more attention to tell you more about our little "darling" to ensure she doesn't do anything like that again. :)

What's In A Name?

Corey told me to tell you all about what our wonderful (yes there is sarcasm in that) kitty did last night. And as I was trying to figure out what to write I realized that maybe we need to think of changing Brandy's name. I am thinking maybe Tornado-Kitty, since last night she went through the house like a tornado. I got up at like midnight (one of the wonderful side effects of pregnancy) to find many of the chairs pushed away from the table because Brandy--I mean TK for short--had run at them so fast so she could jump on them and claw the upholstery that she literally pushed them away from the table. Wonderful--I am just glad she didn't actually topple one over in all of her excitement.

Then I stepped on something that almost cut my foot. Huh? She had also hit our shelved lamp and knocked one of our knick-knacks off its shelf. It was broken all over the floor. Yep that is definitely what I want to deal with at midnight.

So I get that kind-of cleaned up, enough so I can go lay down again. Then I hear something in the kitchen. Brandy--no I mean TK--had gotten on the counter (something she really doesn't do often and knows better than to do usually) and knocked one of the small cutting boards and cups off of the counter (there may have been more but I was a little tired by this time.

So I had to clean up the broken cup and get the other stuff off the floor before I finally got to go to sleep. At which point she decided to jump on the bed to snuggle up with me. Okay I won't change her name, Brandy somehow just fits. But I could definitely do without another night where she decides to dismantle the house.

Corey's Contribution

I know that some people say that there isn't enough of Corey on this website--yes Dad I am referring to you. So I wanted to add the video Corey took last night of Brandy. Now I know, you may be thinking "Wow they talk about their cat a lot on this blog." And you would be right--but to us she is part of the family, and until October (or November) she is the only child we have. But I fear it will be quite a shock for her when she isn't the center of attention. What do you think?

By the way--the video is better if you watch until the end.

Disclaimer--Oh and no kitty was harmed in the taping of this video.

Exercising?

I bought Brandy another present--I couldn't resist because it was on a huge discount. And the company called it a Cat Exerciser, and I thought Brandy could use some exercise. Of course she is sneaky. She really likes the toy--umm I mean exerciser--until she sees that Corey and I are watching. Then she stops. So actually she liked it even more then the pictures indicate. She would sit and stare at the toy until Corey and I turned away and then she would go after it like crazy. Then the moment I turned around to get a good picture, she would walk away. She is a very frustrating model. :) But I am still not convinced she is getting a lot of exercise...but you be the judge.

Brandy saves the day--well sort of

Okay--so I cursed myself. Just as I was secretly (okay maybe not so secretly) celebrating the fact that the nausea part of this little adventure was over--yep you guess it--it came back. :(

So all day I have not been feeling 100%--actually all weekend. But to try to take my mind off of it I decided to buy Brandy a present. You know the kind of present that is equally fun for me as for Brandy. So I thought I would share some pictures of Brandy going crazy over the laser light--of course there were some that were moments that were even funnier but unfortunately I was laughing too hard to take a decent picture. And of course the excessive laughing didn't help the nausea issue. But it was worth it.

On this last picture you can't really see it but Corey has the Laser Light shinning on one of the pink beads on Brandy's toy. She went bonkers--actually she is always a little bonkers, but this time it was just more picture-worthy. :)

Another side note--I finally made the plunge to maternity clothes. I am much happier because they are much more comfortable then the other clothes, and now I look a little less like I am just letting myself get fat and more like I am pregnant. But it has been funny at the office because I am still at that point that if you know I am pregnant then you say "oh you look so pregnant" but if you don't know then you are afraid to ask because what if you are wrong. So I am getting lots of second looks and sideways glances. hehe.

First Post

For Easter I decided to start a new blog--I guess you could say I have finally joined the bandwagon. A big part of this decision comes from recently learning that Corey and I are expecting a baby. We are both hoping that through this blog we can keep everyone up to date on how we and our growing family are doing.


But for today I will introduce you to our kitty Brandy. She is the queen of our house. And as you can see from the picture she can be quite entertaining.