Goodbye Hobbie

So when we found out that Hobbie(our cat) had a tumor in his neck in May we decided to do whatever it took to help him. Surgery, chemo, occasionally taking him down to Parkside Animal Hospital for an IV to get him some fluids. We did it all and we gave him some extra time. But all of our efforts didn't keep him from passing on. Hobbie died on Halloween. He was the best cat ever and he is missed. Keagan is trying to comprehend it all. He doesn't understand why Hobbie isn't here. And he doesn't really get the whole "Hobbie is in kitty heaven with God." We will always miss you Hobbie.

Spoiled

Life can be so interesting with a little 2 1/2 year old boys running around the house. Parents always love to brag and so I will... Keagan loves to talk. It started about 18 months and there wasn't a word that he wouldn't at least attempt to say. Now the only word that he has trouble with is Kaleb (which is my nephew). As I right this, he is in bed singing the ABC's . Its funny to hear but come on he's 2 1/1 and he can get it almost perfect. He also can count to 13, most of the time skipping 7. And as for the potty training thing... we have moved from pull ups to big boy undies. He doesn't have accidents of any kind. The child has completely spoiled me. Now if we could just move on through this phase of not wanting to give kisses and hugs because I miss my kisses!

Still the potty training going on...

So as I have stated before, we are working on the whole potty training thing, its really quite amazing how well Keagan is doing with potty training. He is spoiling me for other children. He never really complained when he was teething and now he is doing really well with potty training. He did go #2 tonight for the first time. As Craig says, "That was a big ole turd!". Thats a guy for you. Keagan was very proud of himself! We will see if it continues or if it's just a one time deal. ON the other hand he still hasn't had but a couple of accidents in almost two weeks. So YAH!!! for Keagan.

Its Potty training time...

For those of you that don't talk to me on a regular basis, we have kinda been working on the whole potty training thing for a while. We haven't really been pushing it just letting Keagan do it if he wants and if he doesn't then that is ok too. But Monday night he decided that he didn't want to wear a diaper to bed so I put him in a pull up and he has been wearing them for the last three days with only minimal accidents. We still haven't mastered the whole #2 thing in the potty. I am very proud of him. I think he is a big relief to his babysister who is having difficulty potty training twins that she watches. I hope that Keagan doesn't stress her out like the twins are doing.

Babies, babies and more babies...

For me its that time when everyone around me is having a baby, first my boss had their third child, then my brother and his girlfriend had their baby the next day, then my best friend had her baby three weeks early, three days later. Now being around all of these babies makes me appreciate how self sufficient Keagan has gotten but also makes me a little sad because he is always saying..."Me do it, mommy!". You would also think that with all the babies around that I would be getting baby fever... and a small part has but some days I am still not sure that I want another child. I guess we will leave it up to God.

Hobbie Update

So on Saturday I took Hobbie to the VCA animal hospital to be checked out. I am grateful that they worked me in but unfortunately I am not really all the happy about the care. So they wanted me to take him to a 24 hour clinic, so I called Julie and she talked to her boss Dr. Craig and he wanted Hobbie to come there so they could look at him. I love this office, all of the people there are super nice, and they all love Hobbie. So Dr. Craig takes a look at him after a tramatic ride to Noblesville. The put an IV in and gave him some meds to help with the puking, and now he is doing well again. Best guess is that he had a bug that got him since his immune system is down due to chemo. He was supposed to have his chemo treatment today but I think that is going to be done on Wednesday. So for those of you that are concerned about Hobbie, he is doing good again and next time I will just drive him to Indy instead of going some place else. Thank you very much Parkside Animal Hospital.

Happy note!

On a happier note, I am an aunt again. My brother and his girlfriend, Denise, had a little baby girl yesterday. They named her Paizley Jane. She is a cutie. New babies are wonderful. Can't wait to get to know her and watch her grow up.