July 11: Bumkins

Here's what Clark might look like when his top front teeth finish coming in.

Elise and Radar.

February 12, 13, and 14

February 12

Elise told me that this was keeping the sun out of her eyes:



Baby spit bubble:



February 13

Clark loves to grab at Elise, but sometimes he doesn't want to let go:



February 14

Mommy's Valentine's Day present this year was having all four cats plus Elise and Clark laying together on the bed JUST long enough for me to take a quick picture... then all of the cats jumped up and the kids started screaming. But for 10 blissful seconds I was able to pretend that my house is an island of peace and tranquility.

January 13 and 14

January 13

Elise's bathtub art:



Clark and Radar:



January 14

The kids love playing at the park. Swings are their favorite activity, but slides are a close second.



Clark and Mommy taking a quick nursing break in the car while the big kids play at the park:

Days 472, 473, and 474

Splish splash, Elise was takin' a bath on June 24th:



Elise's first bathing suit! She'll be starting swimming lessons soon. June 25th:



Elise loves her Radar. And Radar tolerates her Elise. :) June 26th:

Days 439, 440, and 441

Cousin James and Elise, May 22nd:



Elise swimming away from an alligator, May 23rd:



Elise watching Radar get ready to go home after boarding her this past weekend, May 24th:

Days 408, 409, and 410

Elise cuddling Radar as Radar licks Elise's face. April 21st:



Elise loves feeding herself now and sometimes she won't even eat unless she's in control of the food. Here she is feeding herself a banana on April 22nd:



Elise can go down slides all by herself... so long as she goes down backwards and on her belly. April 23rd:

Days 271, 272, 273, and 274

Applesauce's perspective on December 4th:



Baby sick face on December 5th:



Elise and Radar, December 6th:



December 7th:

Days 257, 258, and 259

We call this one "The Anguish." It's from Elise's blue period. November 20th:



Elise trapping Radar on the bookshelf. November 21st:



Earmuffs! November 22nd:

Days 173, 174, 175, and 176

Mommy, Elise, and Radar on August 28th:



Snuggles, August 29th:



Elise loves bath time! (You can't see it in this picture, but I'm almost as wet as she is after all of her happy splashing.) August 30th:



Zzzzzz, August 31st:

Sleepy Radar

Radar Gets Jealous

Lately, Radar can't stand for Applesauce to be sitting in my lap. If she sees him there, she comes over, licks his head, and then sits on top of both of us. I guess she's asserting her dominance with some sort of passive/aggressive cat behavior. Applesauce is the biggest pushover ever, so he just lets her sit on top of him. As long as they're not fighting, it's fine by me. Keeps my legs warm, anyway.

Robin 'hood

Our neighborhood has been full of robins lately. Today they descended on our yard. The cats were beside themselves...

Mary, Applesauce, and Radar

Taken by Elliot 11/22/08.

Cat Depot

Three years ago, my sister and I adopted our lovely lady cat, Radar, from a no-kill shelter called Cat Depot.

In 2003, the people at Cat Depot rescued over 200 cats from another shelter that was mistreating them, and Radar was one of those cats. She had a very rough life living in a "shelter" where cats were being starved and dying from diseases. The people at Cat Depot have good hearts and their organization continues to take in cats that need to find forever homes.

I've decided to adopt Cat Depot as the charity that I will send donations to when I have a little bit of extra money to give to a charitable cause. They took good care of Radar and I want to make sure that other families can be as lucky as mine when they decide to bring a new cat into their home.

Cat Depot's website: http://www.catdepot.org/Info.htm

I have also put a link to the website on the right side of this blog page, below the list of labels.


(Mary and Radar, June 2007)

Once upon a time last weekend...

The cats were sooooo cute...



...that we decided to go to the duck pond!



And get a silly haircut!


What a fun day!

My Two Front Teeth

(Radar at the vet's office)

When we adopted Radar, all but 4 of her teeth had already been pulled. She still had her canine teeth. But they begun to fall out one by one until she only had one tooth left-- her upper left canine. Well, at Radar's yearly checkup, the vet discovered that her last little tooth was infected.

Radar had surgery yesterday to remove her tooth and it went very well. She has stitches all in her mouth, poor little baby, but she seems to be doing just fine. The only strange thing is that her meow sounds funny now. It sounds like she's been smoking cigarettes. Or maybe she's just hoarse from crying while she was at the vet's office. Can cats get hoarse? I have a hoarse cat with no canines.

Snuggle Bunnies

Radar and Applesauce

Radar

Meet Radar. She's lived with me for almost 3 years. My sister Sara and I adopted Radar from an animal shelter because Applesauce needed a companion when our cat Ruebella was diagnosed with cancer. Applesauce wanted to play and Ruebella was too tired entertain Applesauce. So we brought Radar home, and Applesauce and Radar have become great friends.

At first Radar didn't know much about living in a house since she had lived at a shelter for so long. She was afraid of the noises that the dishwasher made, and she didn't know how to push doors open with her nose. It took her a little while to get adjusted.

The best thing about Radar is that she has lots of love to give. She licks Applesauce like he's her little baby (even though he's twice as big as she is) and Radar loves to climb up into people's laps. We got very lucky when we picked her.