A Plethora of Parker

For lack of anything else exciting going on in our lives (besides me getting OLDER - Happy Birthday to me last week!), I decided to entertain you all with several recent videos of my little monster. If these don't convince you that he just may be the most brilliant, most talented, best looking kid around, I think you must have a heart made of stone.

These videos were taken BEFORE Parker ended up with his first ever case of Strep throat. It was a rough go for all of us, but thankfully we survived. Parker wants to send out mad props to his cousin Landon for spreading the wealth and sharing his strep throat with him. =)

ENJOY!

"little genius"

"little clown"

"little entertainer"

and finally, a picture. my little heartbreaker.

Until next time,

Parker's mommy

Our 4th of July in SOLITUDE!

So it takes a national holiday for us to get some peace and quiet around here. The humans FINALLY left us for a couple of days so they could go do something called "camping". We aren't exactly sure what that is, but we are pretty sure it involves sitting OUTSIDE in the HOT SUN without the modern convenience of air conditioning. To this we must say - ARE YOU PEOPLE CRAZY??!?! Even we cats are domesticated and are trained to stay OUT of the 158 degree heat! (ok, so maybe it's not exactly 158 degrees...but why don't you try wearing a fur coat during the summer and see what it feels like to you!) So we lounged around with the house to ourselves all weekend, and we LOVED IT so much that we even decided to have a little "thank you for going away" present waiting for the humans when they returned on Sunday...now who wouldn't LOVE a little puke on the floor and a yarfed up hairball on the sofa?!?! They were very ungrateful.

Anyway, they filled us in on what happened on their trip so we could share it with you. Keep in mind this looks absolutely dreadful to us cats and we are thrilled that they decided to leave us behind on this trip.

The humans went camping with their friends the Kleibers and we hear they stayed in this contraption.

Isn't that fancy?!? OK, so they didn't actually stay in THAT EXACT contraption, but it was parked near the one they stayed in, and they thought it was funny, so they took a pic.

The crew camped at Lake Somerville, but the lake level was ridiculously low (see prior comment about 158 degree heat and add the fact that it hasn't rained in about 76 days or so and that explains the low lake level). So the grown ups had to improvise so the little humans could swim. Looks like the little rascals had quite a time in their tub of water. We would have wanted nothing to do with it.

Do you think it may be time to put junior on a diet when his belly laps over the side of his tray and onto the top of his food??

Besides the camping trip, the humans have been very busy lately, and that's why we haven't updated sooner. Since we have no thumbs, we can't exactly turn on the blog update machine when they aren't here, so we actually DO need them for some things! The man human has been working a lot and trying to keep the grass outside alive when he's home. The lady human has been working during the week and going to College Station on the weekends to work on clinicals for her nursing school . The baby human?? He pretty much just goes where ever the grown up humans take him. But rest assured, he goes there loudly. There's nothing quiet about that kid. He eats loudly, plays loudly, sleeps loudly, talks loudly, and screams REALLY loudly. Some of his recent favorite words and quotes are "BIG truck", "bubbles!", "cookie" (pronounced cockie), "my truck", "a car!", and "whaisit?" (where is it?) We don't mind those words, but we have learned to make ourselves invisible if we hear the word "kiddy" come out of his mouth, because chances are he's headed for one of our tails.

We leave you this time with a video of that kid in action on the camping trip. Enjoy!

Until next time,

Lexi and Sadie

Is anybody out there??

So there has been a noticeable lack of comments on my most recent blog posts lately, which leads me to wonder if anyone is actually reading this....if you are out there, give me a shout! Otherwise I may be forced to spend my time doing more productive things, like sleeping.

Anyhoo...here's what's going on with us lately.

THE PUPPIES ARE ALL GONE! We sold the last puppy on Sunday so now our household is back to normal! (Well, as "normal" as it can be i suppose, given the fact that there is a 16 month old maniac child, 1 possessed cat, 1 moody cat, 1 moody male, 2 hyperactive dogs, and a perfect, flawless woman living here). It was a good thing we sold the dogs, because we have to use all puppy profit to pay for repairs around our ever-breaking house. First, the dryer stops drying. My "fix-it-all" husband is still in the process of fixing that, or so he says. Then, the fix-it-all husband puts a dent in the sheetrock in the hallway. Then, Mr. Fix-It-All steps through the ceiling in our room while in the attic attempting to fix the dryer. Oh, and then the AC went out. That was no fault of Mr. Fix-It-All. So the AC is now fixed, after a MISERABLE weekend which made us feel like we were living in a tent. The dryer will be fixed hopefully before we move out of this house someday. The sheetrock? Who knows...

The husband and I got back last Friday from our mini-vacation to Chicago. I had some training to do there for work, so Ryan came along to get away for a few days. Parker stayed with Grams and Gramps and Grammie and Papa, so we were confident he was well taken care of (and extra-spoiled!) We stayed about 30 miles north of Chicago, so we actually only went into the city 2 of the nights we were there. On Monday we went downtown to catch a Cubs game at Wrigley - amazing! Any real baseball fan should make it a goal to see a game at Wrigley Field someday! To get downtown we took the train....anyone who knows me well may know that I have a fear of trains, so this was a big step for me. Trains are big, loud, and fast and one screw up will knock those things right off their tracks which scares the crap outta me!

Here's Ryan enjoying the train ride to Chicago Union Station.

....and here I am on that same train ride.

The views from our seats at Wrigley.

That infamous "Wrigley Field" sign. Some homeless guy offered to take a pic of the two of us together beneath the sign, but we weren't falling for that.

We thought about wearing our Astros shirts, but decided our lives mean more to us than the Astros do.

Thursday night we went back to downtown Chicago to Navy Pier to eat at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co. and do the "tourist" thing. The Chicago skyline was absolutely stunning from that vantage point.

Ryan refused to ride the ferris wheel with me. Wimp.

Since returning from Chicago Parker has been full of energy and rambunctious as ever. I think he's trying to make up for lost time and cram all his energy from last week that we missed out on into this week. Here's what happens when you let a 16 month old and his daddy dress the kid.

The shorts on the head? Those were Daddy's idea. Mommy's bra as a necklace? That was all Parker.

Alright, that's all for this update. I will try to get those cats to stay on top of updating more regularly. It's not like they have anything else to do. :)

Until next time,
Sarah

Un momento por favor...

...ok, i PROMISE i will update you all on the latest happenings including puppies, parker and our trip to chicago VERY SOON! but tonight the massive forest that had grown out of my front and back yards took presedence and i was forced to do yard work, lest my home get lost amongst the roughage. Stay tuned - it's coming i promise!
-Sarah

A PRINCESS IS BORN!

Annelise Grace Fritsch

April 20, 2009

8:39 am

7 pounds, 10 ounces

20.5 inches long

Welcome to the world, sweet angel. We can't wait to watch you grow.

WANTED

WANTED: PUPPY BUYERS!

C'mon people, I have 5 left to sell. Males and females. Call me up and buy a puppy today! Price somewhat negotiable. First shots/dewormed and had veterinary exam. 8 weeks old and ready to go home with you now!

You know you want to....

(979)968-6705

Lots of catching up to do

So it has been QUITE A WHILE since we have found the time to update this little bloggy blog. We have had so many important things to do around here, but mainly we have been trying to figure out WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN OUR HOUSE! The proof is in the pictures....

Someone needs to help this poor kid get his priorities straight....eating is MUCH MORE important than sleeping....unless of course the kid is playing possum because they are trying to feed him broccoli. Hmmmmm...????

The past couple weeks have been full of this little fella walking around giving everyone and everything the ol' stink eye. He's becoming quite good at it. These pics really don't do it justice. We will make Sarah get a better picture for our loyal blog readers' sake.

And what the heck is this all about??? A 15 month old and a 5 month old getting naked as a jay-bird together? You humans start 'em a little young, don'tcha? But what do we know, we are naked our entire lives.

AND THEN THERE'S THE MADNESS GOING ON IN OUR GARAGE. I (Lexi) made the mistake of sneaking out there when the people mistakenly left the door open once. It didn't take me long to find my way back in to the comfort of my canine-free home when I was confronted by this outside...

WOULD YOU BELIEVE there are 9 of these things out there??? Our humans tell us that these puppies will hopefully be finding new homes very soon. We only hope they don't plan to get rid of US next!

We would like to cordially ask our humans if this can become small human's permanent home...

Finally, here's a short video of the seemingly millions of puppies playing with Parker. Adorable.

Alright, until next time....

-Sadie and Lexi