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.

I think that the months of April and May are by far busier then the holidays. There is just not enough time in the day! Practices, games, TAKS tests, tutors, homework, Spring photos, not to mention the regular stuff like laundry and cleaning. I do like to be busy though. It's nice to HAVE something to do, rather then HAVE to do it. And that's really how we feel about it. The kids love playing sports and never complain about practices or games. We are blessed with that. Also, of course we've had rain outs and swine flu cancellations, it's kinda nice to have an unexpected day at home.

It's been interesting watching Lindsey in softball. She started off ready to go, working hard. Then about two weeks in, she realized she wasn't doing much. Kinda the same as sitting on the sidelines like last year. Except last year, she could read a book. Then last week something clicked in her. And she's really starting to enjoy herself. She's the ultimate cheerleader on the field of course and always ready while in the dugout to bust out something. She's perfect for that. But she's also learning to pay attention and be a part of conversations that Dad and lauren have. Dad got her to try pitching and she loved it. Who knows what will happen with that. But for now, she's good. She's happy.

As for me. I'm back on the wagon again. I'm doing the Live strong challenge. It's great and tracks what you are eating and how you are exercising. That really helps to keep me on track. Plus I have started the 30 Day shred with Julian Michaels. Oooh fun. Not. yeah, 20 minutes of awful. But 20 minutes is not much, I can handle that. I don't have to get up too early and it's quick. Plus the added bonus. I've found that when I have on tennis shoes, I do more. Seriously, think about it. When you have shoes on that you can easily kick off, you do, you sit down and, kick your shoes off. But when you have tennis shoes on, it's not so appealing to curl your feet up and relax on the couch. So this morning I cleaned out the garage and ran all my errands. I vowed not to sit down until I had gotten through my list. And I did. So for today, I'm doing GREAT. I'm kinda proud of myself! Now about tomorrow...