Boredom = Family Time

We were very bored today. A luxury really during the holidays. We knew we had to get Munchi out because he had been hanging at the house too long this week, but we had no grand ideas what to do. Finally, I called a friend, who was not free to hang out but suggested something festive - going to a local outdoor mall and admiring the Christmas tree. So, off we went. And we had a BLAST! Munchi loved the fountains, and the Christmas tree. Most of all, he loved meeting Santa for the first time. He was not willing to sit on his lap, but thought it was wonderful to sit on Daddy's lap next to him. And Santa gave him a present after, which is a now CHERISHED coloring book. God bless the holiday season. I have always disliked Christmas, but having a child reminds you the reason for the season! What a blessed day :)

Munchi putting on a "good" smile for Santa


The beloved coloring bookThe Fam in front of the Christmas tree

Me and Munchi enjoying the fountains


Dirk and Munchi admiring the fish pond

Munchi relaxing in front of the fountains

Thanks to my sister-in-law, Ami, and this awesome website - http://www.simplyfabulousbloggertemplates.com/, I have change the template for my website. I have had to add some things back in and have some other things I am going to do with it, but just the template change makes me happy :)

Pictures finally

So our camera situation sucks, which means it takes me forever to download pictures onto my computer. We took Riley to my Mom's house this weekend, where she is loving every minute. She has a big brother there, names Sasha, who seems to actually find her fun. Before she left though, we took pictures of her at our house, playing with our dogs. I will never forget watching a one pound kitten chase our 60 pound dog through the living room!

Possible new addition

So, last night my mom was babysitting Munchi. We got home around 8:30, chatted for a while, and went to walk my mom out about 9:30. As we are standing on the porch saying our goodbyes, I hear little voice. We start searching around. Dirk comes outside to look with us, and as he closes the door, what does he see behind it? A little, itty, bitty, tiny kitten. Of course, we brought it right in the house, set up a bed and litter box for it and made it comfortable. It was shaking it was so cold and it was soooooo skinny. We fed it a little food, and I slept with it on the couch for the night. In the morning, I started to feed it and give it some water, and realized something. It was not fully weened, so it could not drink water from a bowl. So Munchi and I trampled on down to Petco, bought a bottle and some formula, and she has been chowing ever since. We have made no commitment to keep her, but my parents plan to take her if we don't, so she now has a safe home. For now, her name is Riley.

Pictures to follow this week.