Our Life Outside of Baby

With all of the baby stuff happening lately, it's tough to remember that I have a life outside of that too. It seems like it's all people want to talk about. That said, Dan and I have had a lot of other things going on in our lives too - like snow, animals, and food.

Okay, I guess that stuff isn't overly exciting, but I'm going to take a few minutes to appreciate the little things in our lives before things change drastically in a few months.

We have had lots of snow... on several separate days... that Smudge and Gilligan have both participated in. (Stormy is smart and watched the boys freeze their tails off from the window).

We have had lots of kitty and puppy snuggles around here...

We celebrated Valentine's Day and our six year anniversary...

We made muffins (twice), smoothies (because I'm craving fruit like crazy), and iced (decaf) coffee because, well, it's all I want...

And, even though this post is supposed to be about what we've been up to OTHER than Baby Cookie, I just couldn't resist the cutest little airplane outfit in history... and laughed so hard when we caught BOTH cats napping in the baby swing on separate occasions. They're going to in for a rude awakening come September...

See? Life isn't TOO exciting over here lately, but we're loving it anyway! We are hoping to travel soon while Dan is on his week and a half break from classes, so here's to crossing our fingers and toes for just the right Space A flight! 

What have you been up to lately?

    

That Time We Got a Dog

Once upon a time, my husband was 14 years old. He worked at a flower shop, when someone brought in a little bitty puppy. He took it home, begged his mom to keep it, and thus, Smudge came to be.

Fast forward four years. Dan graduated from high school and left for college. His mom moved to Oregon (from Missouri), taking Smudge with her.

This summer, Dan's mom passed away. It was really rough, but we knew we would take Smudge back, who had been living with Dan's aunt and uncle.

In October, we had him shipped from Portland to Chicago via United Airlines. He did so well on the flight, and United was great with him! We drove five hours to pick him up in Chicago, and he's been a good (albeit old) dog since then. He's 12 years old now, but he still acts like a goofy puppy.

Our other four-legged friends haven't been overly welcoming, but they're still adjusting. It's been a month now, and Gilligan likes to sniff at Smudge when he's asleep. He isn't mean to him, but he's jealous, and he doesn't want to play. Stormy, on the other hand, hisses at him every time she walks by and swats him in the face with her claws whenever she has the chance. She is Dan's cat for sure, and she is SUPER jealous of his newfound (to her) friend.

I'm sure they'll eventually come around to him, but I'm not expecting them to become best friends.

Reunited at Chicago O'Hare

Someone got a eucalyptus bath...

Stormy loves tormenting Smudge while he's outside...

She also likes to test her limits sitting near him but not too close

Smudge doesn't play very well, but he does love tennis balls!

Dan with both of his fur-babies (he and Gilligan are not close)

Yum, Mom! Thanks for the stuffed gingerbread man! He is tasty!

Silly dog always begs to come back inside.

Stormy has been jealous, so we got her some new catnip stuffed fish toys.

Gilligan also gets jealous when Smudge plays outside, so sometimes I take him outside for a few minutes too.

Overall, the felines have been forming an alliance and sticking up for each other against the giant beast.

• Do you have a dog?
• What about a cat?
• Do they get along?