Destin

We had such an amazing trip. We staid in a wonderful condo right on the beach. It was my first time in Destin and I had done alot of research on places to stay. But it was so different actually being down there and seeing it all. It we decide to go back, I already have a folder started! LOl

Wow what a trip we had!

3 Weeks

Can i just tell you how much we love these kittens! They all have different personalities and are so fun. Mama is doing the best job. Can you imagine, 5 babies at once!!! At least it's only for 6 weeks. The girls decided to do the 3 week photo shoot today. Lauren shot the photos while Grayson and Lindsey reigned them in. She didn't do that bad. I set the camera on auto though. but her composition was fairly decent on most of them. I thought this shot was cute of "bugsy". She's the one we will probably keep. such a love.

They all gained at least 2 ounces with Hampsty gaining the most at 3.5 ounces. pretty good.

Here's theodore. He reminds me of my childhood cat, Graysilk.

the girls were trying to get all the cats together. Pumpkin wouldn't cooperate at all. And Lilly wasn't too thrilled either. Poor babies.

2 weeks old

The kittens are two weeks old now. Everyone but Alvin has their eyes open. Today we put them on a blanket and let them crawl around and explore. They are still pretty wobbly, but getting stronger. In one week, they all gained at least an ounce, pretty good when you weigh 1/2 pound!

Which one of these doesn't belong?

One of my friends had 9 baby bunnies born the day before our kittens. She brought them over today for us to see. We had a blast getting all the babies together.

We had put all the bunnies in the kitten box and then Mama jumped in. She just looked around and laid down. She definitely knew they were different, but she actually licked a few. She didn't seem to care one bit.

Kittens!

today was the day we have been looking forward to for so long!!! Little Lilly had her babies!! Here she was 2 weeks ago. I wish I had taken some recently. She was so wide!

Lilly was VERy affectionate this morning and I had a feeling something was up. About 7:20, she started having contractions. Thankfully today is field day at school, so we were cool with being late. Lauren was so concerned and loving to her.

Here's the first one! Lindsey named it Alvin.

Wow, Alvin, Simon and Theadore. We just thought that was it!

Here's baby 4, named Bugsy!

And baby 5! Yet to be named.

Pumpkin (step dad) meeting them for the first time.

Happy Momma!

Where has this year gone?

So I did the workout every DAY last week!!! Can I get a "Good job!" I'm pretty impressed with myself. I'm actually starting to feel not so weak and I'm able to get through those jumping jacks much easier now. I might move to level 2 by the end of this week. So Mother's Day was yesterday. It's so hard for me to even think of it as a special day. I think only people who have lost their Mom's understand. I dont think of myself as a Mother. I think of myself as a motherless daughter.