Welcome Geddy Lee!!

Mike has been hinting that he'd like to have a cat that hung out in his office with him during the day while he was working. For his birthday, my neighbor was able to find us the adorable kitten you see in this post. Geddy Lee, named after the frontman of the band RUSH, is an absolute sweetheart! She was born around August 10th, and that is the "official" birthdate she has been given. She has fit in so perfectly without any issues. She immediately took to her litter box and now has started using the "big boy" potty in the garage. She sleeps great! When she's tired, all you have to do is pick her up and put her somewhere and she'll go to sleep. She's been sleeping in the green kitty bed (which I refer to as her bucket) right next to Mike. Geddy is so tiny that it can be scary to sleep with her-- having her sleep in her bucket takes the worry of squishing her away.

 Sully is in LOVE with this kitty!

 Here, she was attacking my leg as I was getting ready to go to work.

 We gave her some Gerber chicken the first few days because she was so young and tiny. She loved it. So did Moose.

Raise your hand if you're super cute!

I love the colors on her face here. She almost looks exotic.

How much is that Geddy in the window?

 Isn't she so very pretty??!!


She is also very sweet and LOVES kisses! She will put her face towards you as you come in for a kiss. You can tell she likes it. :o)

Tiny kitty in a basket

Tiny kitty in a bucket

          

Welcome to the family, Geddy!!

In Stitches

The day before we went to Utah in August, Sully and Keats broke a champagne glass on the kitchen floor. Mike was very careful when he picked it up: the housecleaners were coming this day and he didn't want any of them to get cut. As he walked through the garage with the dustpan, he bumped into something and heard something hit the floor but he didn't see what had fallen. Fast forward a few hours, I was upstairs packing and the boys were out in the garage playing. I hear Sully crying as he is running up the stairs, and I can tell this is a serious cry. I ran out of my room and got to the stairs just as he came to the top. He was holding his foot and I instinctively picked him up and ran to my bathroom. I set him on the counter and put his foot in the sink and OH.MY.GOD the sink filled with blood! It was crazy. The cut was only about a half-inch long but was very deep. Mike and I debated stitches and decided to try skin glue and bandages as we were leaving in a few hours for a long drive. During the drive, the wound was fine. I kept checking and there was no bleeding at all. About four seconds (possibly a slight exaggeration) after we got to Paul & Marilyn's, Keaton came running to get me, yelling that Sully is bleeding. And he was-- and Paul & Marilyn  have white carpet...so, I told Mike we needed to take him to an urgent care clinic. We happened to find one that was closing in about 15 minutes. They gave Sullivan three stitches, would have given him a fourth if he'd held still, and they sent him away with a green popsicle, so he was a happy boy.

These photos are of him trying to be brave before the stitches were placed.

So, he got the stitches and I got the instructions not to let him submerge his foot and get the wound wet. Uh, yeah....Grandma & Grandpa have a pool, Aunt Lisa has a pool at her condo, and Aunt Catherine was taking us out on her boat....not much chance that this wound will remain dry! I did tape it up each time, but each time the sucker got wet. We were to have Sully's regular doc take his stitches out on September 6th but the wound wasn't healed enough. I took him back the following week (so his stitches were in for exactly 14 days! Yikes!) and it took four adults to hold him down to remove the stitches. That is one strong kid!!

Halloween Boys

Well, this isn't what they are going to be for Halloween, but this is what they were for a Halloween party at a friend's house last weekend. I bought the skeleton costume at Value Village, a second-hand store that has loads of costumes, but I thought it would fit Sully. Turns out it is a perfect fit for Keats so he chose to wear it to the party. Our wonderful neighbors gave Sullivan the Spiderman costume last summer. Sullivan would wear a costume 24/7 if we let him. 

At Value Village, I found a Darth Vader outfit that has working lights on the front. Keats is just a little bit excited about wearing this. We bought the talking Darth Vader helmet at Value Village last year (or the year before that) and this year we also found a Darth Vader trick-or-treat bucket for the candy. Keats is set!

Yesterday, I found a Green Lantern costume at Target and was so excited to get it for Sully! I bought the size for 5-7 year olds....but it almost fit on Mike! Wow. I'm not sure who has children that giant, but it isn't me. So we'll be swapping that one out tomorrow. Sully is very excited to be Green Lantern!