We were over at Logan's Grandparent's home (Dustin's parents) and I saw Grandpa Todd doing this, it was so cute and so funny that I just had to share it with all of you. Please be aware, I took this video on my blackberry, so the quality really isn't that great. Sorry for that. I hope you enjoy this very funny and adorable video.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Quick update...
So just a quick little update before I need to get back to working...
Logan has started to eat solid foods. He is currently eating rice cereal and sweet potatoes. He is a little chow hound too. He knows when his 'dinner' is too. He starts to get a little fussy around 6:45pm or so and I try to keep his 'dinner' to right about 7:00pm. I think shortly he will be eating at least twice a day, once at home at night, and then a time before that in the afternoon.
The thing I love most about it this...the fact tht he's not too much of a messy eater. He doesn't get the food EVERYWHERE. No his face isn't clean at the end, nor are his hands, but the counter and floor and most of me is though.
Logan is so close to crawling! He's got those legs going, but he just needs to figure out those arms. Yesterday Dustin decided to make Logan work for all of his toys. He laid Logan down on a blanket and put his toys all around him just out of reach. Logan was then forced to move in order to get to those toys. I guess he rolled and scooted all over the place...but no crawling yet.
I'm trying to think if there is anything else to report. Unfortunately it is friday and I can barely even think. Have a great weekend!
Logan has started to eat solid foods. He is currently eating rice cereal and sweet potatoes. He is a little chow hound too. He knows when his 'dinner' is too. He starts to get a little fussy around 6:45pm or so and I try to keep his 'dinner' to right about 7:00pm. I think shortly he will be eating at least twice a day, once at home at night, and then a time before that in the afternoon.
The thing I love most about it this...the fact tht he's not too much of a messy eater. He doesn't get the food EVERYWHERE. No his face isn't clean at the end, nor are his hands, but the counter and floor and most of me is though.
Logan is so close to crawling! He's got those legs going, but he just needs to figure out those arms. Yesterday Dustin decided to make Logan work for all of his toys. He laid Logan down on a blanket and put his toys all around him just out of reach. Logan was then forced to move in order to get to those toys. I guess he rolled and scooted all over the place...but no crawling yet.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
In Loving Memory
On Friday June 25th we had to put one of our wonderful kitties down. It was hard on both Dustin and me, though I’m sure more so for Dustin. He has had Lynx since he was a little baby kitten. He picked Lynx out before he was even old enough to be adopted.
When I came into the picture Lynx was the kitty that was afraid of everything, even his own shadow. He was one that ran from everyone and everything, but for some reason he never ran from me, even the first time I met him. Actually it was quite to the contrary, he actually wouldn’t leave me alone. I think he claimed me as his Mommy at that very first meeting.
After a little over 3 years of hard work Dustin and I finally got Lynx to not be scared of everything that moved and even not scared of strangers too. He didn’t run and hide when someone new came to our home, instead he would come to them and love them and want love in return. Occasionally he would keep his distances from some people but I think we all need to sometimes.
Lynx was occasionally a fighter, at least when it came to playing with Renny (his little sister), but he was mainly a lover. The moment that we brought Logan home from the hospital Lynx went to him and tried to figure out just what we brought home. He sniffed and rubbed and just watched as we let Logan slowly wake up to meet his big brothers and sister kitties. Lynx never ran from him, though sometimes during Logan’s gassy period he wouldn’t come into the room with us due to all the loud crying Logan was doing. Most of the time Lynx would stay close by just to watch Logan and to protect him. He was gentle and what I liked to call the “Papa Kitty”. He would snuggle with Logan occasionally when I was there too and even once, when Logan was a newborn started giving him a bath on the top of his head, just like he always did to Dustin. I actually have a video of this on my phone, though I’m sill trying to figure out how to get it on to the computer without emailing it to myself.
Why did we have to put out wonderful little kitty to sleep? Well, it’s actually been a long time coming unfortunately. Over Memorial weekend 2008 I was home while Dustin was working and I noticed that Lynx just wasn’t himself. He was extremely lethargic, not wanting love, and then grunting when trying to go to the bathroom. It just got progressively worse as the weekend went on, to the point that if he would actually try walking he would use the wall to support him during the couple of steps that he had the energy to take.
We brought him in to the emergency vet and found out about cats getting ‘blocked’. What had happened is that crystals started to form in his urine and then he wasn’t able to potty. With all of that build up of urine his body was being poisoned and he was on the verge of death 2 year ago.
Apparently this is something common in male cats and once a cat is blocked once, it’s sure to happen again. Even though we did everything that the vet told us to do, try to have him loose weight, use special (expensive) prescription food, and more litter boxes, he still had issues. He would have what I would call ‘episodes’ of being blocked, but it always corrected its self within a couple days. This time was different.
I first noticed it on June 5th when Lynx tried to go pee on our living room blanket. He doesn’t do that unless there is something wrong. No pee came out so the blanky didn’t need to be thrown away. I immediately moved Lynx into the bathroom and put food, water, a towel, and a litter box in there for him and closed the door. This way he had everything he needed and was able to just focus on getting better.
A week later and nothing is different. We were going up north and we decided that we could just leave him home like that, and what if he did die over the weekend, we didn’t want to come home to that. So we brought him up north and he stayed outside all weekend. That’s when he started ‘leaking’. So he did start getting some relief and he loved being up north, he always does, so our hopes were lifted that everything was being corrected. We were starting to prepare ourselves for putting him down until that happened. But once we got home he was blocked up again.
We finally said ‘Enough’ and we had to put him down. Why didn’t we just bring him in and have the vet correct him again like we did 2 years ago? Well, it came down to money. We spent over $1000 on him 2 years ago, plus had to give him IV 2 times a day at home and medicine. We just didn’t have that capability this time. It was an extremely hard decision for both Dustin and me to make, but in the end we really had to think about Logan and what was healthy for him. We also had to think of Lynx and about how miserable he is when he gets blocked several times a year. So in the end we decided that it was Lynx’s time to be eternally happy chasing bugs and lying in the sun and playing with all of the other kitties in heaven.
To my wonderful Lynxie kitty: I love you my lovely, I miss you so much, and so does your daddy too!
(Loved Watching out of the window at home)
(Lynx with his brother Gizmo and sister Renny)
After a little over 3 years of hard work Dustin and I finally got Lynx to not be scared of everything that moved and even not scared of strangers too. He didn’t run and hide when someone new came to our home, instead he would come to them and love them and want love in return. Occasionally he would keep his distances from some people but I think we all need to sometimes.
(He always seemed to love watching TV upside down with us)
Lynx was occasionally a fighter, at least when it came to playing with Renny (his little sister), but he was mainly a lover. The moment that we brought Logan home from the hospital Lynx went to him and tried to figure out just what we brought home. He sniffed and rubbed and just watched as we let Logan slowly wake up to meet his big brothers and sister kitties. Lynx never ran from him, though sometimes during Logan’s gassy period he wouldn’t come into the room with us due to all the loud crying Logan was doing. Most of the time Lynx would stay close by just to watch Logan and to protect him. He was gentle and what I liked to call the “Papa Kitty”. He would snuggle with Logan occasionally when I was there too and even once, when Logan was a newborn started giving him a bath on the top of his head, just like he always did to Dustin. I actually have a video of this on my phone, though I’m sill trying to figure out how to get it on to the computer without emailing it to myself.
(Brotherly Love)
Why did we have to put out wonderful little kitty to sleep? Well, it’s actually been a long time coming unfortunately. Over Memorial weekend 2008 I was home while Dustin was working and I noticed that Lynx just wasn’t himself. He was extremely lethargic, not wanting love, and then grunting when trying to go to the bathroom. It just got progressively worse as the weekend went on, to the point that if he would actually try walking he would use the wall to support him during the couple of steps that he had the energy to take.
(Lynx and Gizmo squished up on the top shelf of the kitty tower)
We brought him in to the emergency vet and found out about cats getting ‘blocked’. What had happened is that crystals started to form in his urine and then he wasn’t able to potty. With all of that build up of urine his body was being poisoned and he was on the verge of death 2 year ago.
(Lynx and Gizmo loving being in Logan's room before he was born and playing with all of the Baby shower bags. We always knew when Lynx felt safe and comfortable because that is when he would actually show his tummy like this.)
Apparently this is something common in male cats and once a cat is blocked once, it’s sure to happen again. Even though we did everything that the vet told us to do, try to have him loose weight, use special (expensive) prescription food, and more litter boxes, he still had issues. He would have what I would call ‘episodes’ of being blocked, but it always corrected its self within a couple days. This time was different.
(The first time Lynx was blocked, he decided that he didn't want to keep walking out of the kitty box so instead, since it was freshly cleaned, he just laid down until he was able to try and go again)
I first noticed it on June 5th when Lynx tried to go pee on our living room blanket. He doesn’t do that unless there is something wrong. No pee came out so the blanky didn’t need to be thrown away. I immediately moved Lynx into the bathroom and put food, water, a towel, and a litter box in there for him and closed the door. This way he had everything he needed and was able to just focus on getting better.
(Lynx and Logan. Lynx insisted on watching over Logan all the time. He was VERY protective of him.)
A week later and nothing is different. We were going up north and we decided that we could just leave him home like that, and what if he did die over the weekend, we didn’t want to come home to that. So we brought him up north and he stayed outside all weekend. That’s when he started ‘leaking’. So he did start getting some relief and he loved being up north, he always does, so our hopes were lifted that everything was being corrected. We were starting to prepare ourselves for putting him down until that happened. But once we got home he was blocked up again.
(A very blurry picture of Renny and Lynx, proving that it is possible for them to get along, even when they are in close quarters on the top of the kitty tower)
We finally said ‘Enough’ and we had to put him down. Why didn’t we just bring him in and have the vet correct him again like we did 2 years ago? Well, it came down to money. We spent over $1000 on him 2 years ago, plus had to give him IV 2 times a day at home and medicine. We just didn’t have that capability this time. It was an extremely hard decision for both Dustin and me to make, but in the end we really had to think about Logan and what was healthy for him. We also had to think of Lynx and about how miserable he is when he gets blocked several times a year. So in the end we decided that it was Lynx’s time to be eternally happy chasing bugs and lying in the sun and playing with all of the other kitties in heaven.
(Lynx sleeping with Dustin! And yes, this is how Dustin sleeps.)
His body is buried up north in one of my planting areas that has yet to get any plants in it. Though, now it is my mission to plant a wonderful and distinct plant there in order to have Lynx live on with us year after year.(He always made me laugh when he sat like this. He did it all the time too.)
To my wonderful Lynxie kitty: I love you my lovely, I miss you so much, and so does your daddy too!
(Lynx up north sleeping in the kitchen. He loved being up north, even though he hated the ride, he loved being up there and being free and able to roam around anywhee and everywhere he wanted to)
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