Thug Life

Little Gizzy has certainly added some life into this house! The three other boys are getting a workout chasing him all over the place!

I was reading through his paperwork and found out that he was "apprehended" in the middle of a desert field up in Overton. Poor guy was just wandering in the desert, fending for himself. I say we change his name to Moses. Then he gets transferred to Lied...that's like those prison shows you see on MSNBC. Gizzy is hard core. Death Row at Lied and he survived? He totally needs "Thug Life" tattooed across his chest and knuckles.

For such a tortured background in his 3-4 short months of life, Gizmo is probably the friendliest, well adjusted and loving we have seen as a kitten. He is a hellion though, just like his sister!

Oh Lawd, he found the turtle tank.


Getting blasted with the water gun and falling off the cat stroller while attempting to break into said turtle tank.


"Hmmmpf....I'll break in next time when she isn't looking."


He and Noey Lynn are the best of pals. They snuggle together at nap time and play the rest of the time. He was actually laying with her here but the camera noise made him sit up and look around. I have uploaded this picture 5 times and have no idea why it keeps making it sideways.


Noey got some early presents from Grammy that we had to open to make sure they fit. Girl is good at working the wrapping paper!


Reading her card.


Assessing the labels to see if they meet her exacting standards.


We went to Town Square to take pics for her birthday invite. So glad those are ordered and will be here this week! We had to go somewhere there was green "grass"! It's true, that fake stuff gets HOT so we had to hide out in the shade! Noey made a friend. The other little girl was 9 months and the size of Noey. She made laps around Noey with her monkey crawl. Noey didn't show off her skills because she didn't like the feel of the grass so much so lucky for us, she sat still! I'm holding back posting other outtakes. Don't want to give away her look!


Little Miss Nosey Noey had to check out what I was up to with the camera on the way home from our photo shoot and shopping. One of these days we're gonna take away that bink!

Cookie Monster Makes a Good Pillow

Young Love

These two are smitten with each and are two peas in a pod!




Don't let that cute face fool you...we are going through the terrible two's at age 11 months!!!!

Meet Ben

I went shopping today at the District. Gymboree had a 50% off sale and I had a 20% off coupon on top of that. When I walked in I saw all kind of booths lined up and thought it was an art fair. Then I saw the "Mutts on Mainstreet" sign. I did my shopping and then made the mistake of wandering down where the action was.

This is Ben. He was at the Lied Animal Shelter on Death Row. He's 3 months old. The Happy Home people brought him to the District with shots, chipped, and snipped and hoping for a second chance at life. He was mine from the moment I saw him. Then I saw his name was Ben. That's the name of Noey's boyfriend at daycare. Perfect. It's meant to be. He is my present to Noey for her birthday. He is settling in nicely. Ninja is pretty ok with him. Neko is getting there. Inu is mad. He's never been through this but he'll get over it. Or he'll pout in his room....what's new!?

His new name is Gizmo.


My other purchase for Noey.


Noey "reading." Or she might be flipping you off.


Noey "helping" daddy fold towels.


This is how she "smiles" for the camera.


If you look close you can see her tooth!


In other news, I went to the dermatologist about this crap on my face Friday. I'm not too sure about her diagnosis. The nurse wrote down "nose area" on my chart. The doc comes in and says "ok, we're here about your rosacea." I looked at her funny and said I was worried about the break out around my nose. She went on to spew off a DX without putting on gloves, shining a light or coming closer than 3 feet. I said, "no one has ever told me I have rosacea before, you're saying it was on my chart from before and no one told me?!" So she goes back and looks and starts laughing about how she thought "nose area" was "rosacea." Wow. So professional. But she held to her DX. I told her I don't care what it is, I want it gone. 8th graders aren't the kindest bunch around ya know, and I really don't want my face looking like I belong in 8th grade!!! So with my fancy DX she gave me 2 fancy RX's that are of course brand name and $35 co-pays each! Thankfully she had coupons and samples or I would have said "I'm outta here!" You watch, now that I know what it is it'll be gone in a week after plaguing me for 3 months!

Labor Day

We went to Steak N'Shake for lunch today and Noey learned how to use a straw to drink! She still won't use a sippy so we went and bought a sippy with a straw! Hopefully she will be successful with it! She loved my mint cookies n'cream milkshake and Dave filled her with whip cream!!


We've been working on her birthday little by little. It'll be here before I know it!

We got in some good shopping this weekend for our bathroom project supplies and some fall clothes for Noey. Sales have been few and far between lately so we were very happy with our purchases! We got $658 worth of bathroom materials for $300 and $118 worth of clothes for $39! We still haven't decided on paint colors so we'll see when the actual project begins. Dave has a list to do for Noey's birthday and I will finally be getting cabinet doors soon in the kitchen!

Link For Grammy

This is what I want Grammy!



My First Jumper
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String Bean!

Noey is getting so tall! Here she is dressed for family night...ya know, wearing shoes and all! She still tries to eat her shoes and rip them off. Oh, and those drawers of hers are totally sagging! The lady on Etsy that is making Noelle's birthday dress said she'd have to use her 9 month pattern but add several inches to the length!


Noey and I were messing with the camera one afternoon after school. She likes to take self portraits.


I cannot believe I just made a September folder for pictures of Noey. In 6 weeks my Bug will be 1 year old!!! Holy crap has time flown by!