Life's Lessons

Hi...Sadie here. Lexi and I are being exceptionally lazy these days, so it's been more than a week since we updated this blog. I didn't want to do it now, but my bully of a sister kept biting my ear until I gave in and said I'd do it. She bites on my ears a lot lately. I don't know why she hates me so much. She starts licking me like she's trying to love on me and give me kisses (or a bath), and then she just chomps right down on my ears. And then it's on. We run all over the house chasing each other and rolling each other around on the ground until there are clumps of our hair blanketing the floor all over the house. Anyway, enough about that.


I wanted to share a few lessons I have learned since the arrival of the little human. I hope this helps all you other cats out there who are facing the same life changes as Lexi and I have been experiencing.
1. When a mini-human comes along, cats are no longer the center of attention. You've fallen by the wayside. Take a seat and get used to it.
2. Baby poop smells a lot worse than a litter box. Yes, it is possible for something to smell worse than a litter box.
3. Crying excessively will not get cats what they want. It works for a baby, but not for cats. Go figure.
4. Do NOT assume that shrunken beds and stuffed toys are for the cats. Sleeping in the bed and playing with the toys will only end in disaster. Take my word for it.
5. Don't even bother planning an escape. Lexi has tried this numerous times. It always ends with her being caught after only making it a few steps out the door (usually she's caught by the tail). There's just no escaping the madness.
6. Throwing up small batches of partially digested cat food in various spots on the carpet WILL get you additional attention. However, it is likely NOT the kind of attention you are seeking, unless you are seeking the "screaming at you and swatting you on the butt" kind of attention. So don't bother wasting your time, or your lunch.
7. Bask in every moment of silence you can get. They are few and far between.
8. Holding out on making friends with the little person will not do you any good. Chances are the little loud mouth is not going anywhere. Might as well get used to it and try to make the best of it.
9. Waking the grown ups at ungodly hours during the night, whether for attention or for a refill of the food bowl, is not taken well by the grown ups, especially after they just got the baby sleeping through the night. They will NOT get out of bed just to love on the cats or fill the food bowl. You'll have to wait it out until the morning, if they are not still mad at you for waking them up in the first place.
10. Running water is FAR BETTER than water sitting in a bowl. Ok, so that one has nothing to do with the arrival of the little fella, but I thought I'd throw it in anyway. You should insist that the humans give you running water out of a faucet several times a day. In fact, refuse to drink the water out of the bowl. They will either oblige, or you can try knocking over any cups of water that they may leave sitting around until they get the point and start turning the faucet on for you when you request it.



News about the mini-human....he has been CONSTANTLY rolling over for the past week or 2. The grown ups cannot keep him on his back anymore. As soon as they put him on his back, he immediately rolls onto his belly. And, he has slept through the night every night for a week now. We are all crossing our fingers that this continues and becomes the norm.

Here are a few recent pics of what's going on in Parker's world.

He's got his blankie and his thumb...LIFE IS GOOD!

Helping his daddy sort through the bills...

...and 5 minutes later, he's spent. Those bills are so exhausting!

Look for 4 month pictures of the little guy next week. And maybe we'll throw in some pictures of ourselves for good measure.

Until next time....
-Sadie Sue

Biding our time

Sarah tells us we must update the blog this week....we are certain we'd rather be sleeping. But we'll oblige. After all, we DO need someone who has opposable thumbs to continue filling our food bowl for us.
It has been a fairly uneventful week in our house. Last weekend the humans left for the afternoon and evening on Saturday. They went to a place called Weimar to take some pictures and have dinner with Parker's Grandpa Roy and Grandma Diane. Sarah told us to tell you that if you want to look at the pictures they are available for viewing for a limited time at http://www.dianemuellerphoto.com/. (Once you're at the page, click on "Client Proofing", then on "Click here", and finally on the "Ryan, Sarah and Parker" option). They said they were "family" portaits....last time we checked we were members of the "family", but we guess we just are no longer important enough to be included in the pictures. Oh well...at least it saved us the trauma of having to be crammed into that stupid carrier that they throw us in when they force us to go for a ride in the car.
Sunday Sarah went shopping with her friend Jessica. She brought us such a neat new toy! They call it a "baby play gym"...we call it our new pallet. Sometimes they put that small person on it so he can coo and kick. But when they are not here, IT'S ALL OURS! It's so nice and soft and has all of these neat little toys hanging from it that are perfect for us to bat at. I'm not sure why they keep putting Parker on it, we are pretty sure it is meant for us only!
Parker has been feeling a little crummy this week again, apparently. Sarah says he is congested, and he's been sleeping with a little machine in his room that puts out wet air. I think they called it a humidifier, we call it stupid. What good does it do to have a mist of moist air blanketing you while you are trying to sleep??? We don't get it. Oh, and that's another thing, that kid has FINALLY started sleeping in his own room. We are SO HAPPY, because now we can sleep in our normal spots in Sarah and Ryan's room and not have to be bothered with that baby crying and waking us up mulitple times at night. Now when he cries, they bring him in the room only for a few minutes, and then they take him back to his room. We love it!
Well, catnaps are calling. Until next time...

If it seems too good to be true...

...it absolutely is. There's no "probably" about it.

We THOUGHT that we had finally succeeded this weekend - we had FINALLY saved our house from that pesky human infestation that has been bothering us for nearly 4 years now. Little did we know, it was only a temporary reprieve and they would soon return - all of them - even that miniature one. All of the humans left this weekend. Sarah and Ryan went to some party called Chilifest, and that little one went and stayed with someone called Grammie. We were absolutely thrilled that we could finally have some peace and quiet around here, it was just too bad that it was so short-lived.

The little fella got sick last week. He had his first fever ever. Sarah realized on Thursday afternoon that he felt pretty warm, so she took his temperature...rectally. YIKES! We can definitely feel Parker's pain on this one, since every time they drag us to our doctor he sticks that little rod somewhere that it shouldn't be and it is oh so uncomfortable! We think the whole situation was probably more uncomfortable for Sarah than it was for Parker. She learned that if you have to take a baby's temperature rectally, you should wait until AFTER that baby has just made a poopy diaper. She ended up with projectile poop all over her hand, and realized that putting that thermometer in Parker's pooper was like supplying the spark to a loaded cannon - STAND CLEAR EVERYONE! Anyway, Parker's temperature was 100.6 so he got to go see Dr. Jatzlau on Friday. She said that he had something called a sinus infection so she gave him some medicine to take for 10 days. We are pretty sure he is already feeling better, because he's not screaming nearly as often or nearly as loud as he was when he didn't feel good.

That small human turned 3 months old last week. We don't see what all the hooplah is about though - we turn 6 years old this month and no one is making a big deal out of that. But we are old news now. Anyway, every month Sarah and Ryan take a picture of Parker with this ridiculously huge monkey to show how he has grown. Here's this month's, along side of the one from one month and two months.

We are throwing in this extra picture of that small person because we think it is funny. Not sure what that face is all about - perhaps he is having flashbacks of the temperature taking...

Until next time...

Babes in Toyland

Hi there! Lexi here...I thought I'd write a quick post by myself while Sadie licks herself in the other room. I just have to say that this new baby thing is actually turning out better than I had originally thought. Since the new little guy has arrived, my supply of toys has more than quadrupled! You'd think I died and went to kitty heaven! There are SO MANY toys in that little boy's room, and they are ALL MINE! I don't have much use for the small ones though, I just like the big ones. I love to rearrange the house with the baby's stuffed animals. Those grown-up humans had the little human's room decorated so nice and everything arranged so perfectly...here's how they had it set up.

Notice how my stuffed animal friends are arranged so nicely on the left in front of that fake tree (I know it's fake, I can't climb it). Well, I decided today while the people were gone that there was a much better place for those animals, so I took it upon myself to move them. I was sure Sarah and Ryan would be so glad that I helped them to put things in their place.

Don't you think they look amazing there in the middle of the floor in Sarah and Ryan's room? I KNOW I DO! I dragged them there myself today, from the baby's room to the grown-up's room next door. It was quite a task, but I knew I would be well praised for it....BOY WAS I WRONG. When Sarah got home from work she noticed my handy work and didn't so much as even scratch my back for it! She picked up my toys and put them back on the crib! HOW DARE SHE! Then she and the baby human went into the living room and rested for a while. Don't worry....while they were resting I put my animals back where they rightly belong...the blue dog I put on the floor in Parker's room, and the lion I put in the middle of the hallway. Surely she would notice my skills for rearranging and give me some praise then...BUT NO! Once again, she picked them back up and put them back on the crib. Hmph!! Ungrateful humans! We will see what tomorrow brings....muwahhhahahahaaa!

-Lexi Lou

Rollin' with the homies

Good morning all. I know we said this is going to be a weekly blog, but the lady human was so surprised by something this morning that she got us all in a tizzy so we decided to write about it. The miniature person had one of his loud fits early this morning at about 2:30, much to our dismay. We tried to sleep through it but he was definitely trying to wake the dead. Anyway, after about 20 minutes of rocking the little guy, Sarah got him back to sleep and put him back in the bassinet on his back, like the doctor said to. When she got up before the crack of dawn at 5:30 (as usual), she went to check on the little man, and that little booger was snoozing sleep and sound ON HIS TUMMY. Apparently sometime during the night he decided he was bored with back sleeping so he just flipped his chunky self right over and snoozed on his belly for the rest of the night. They tried to blame us cats, because most strange happenings in the house are our fault, but we were both sacked out when Parker did his little flipperoo, so the fingers could not be pointed at us. Anyway, the man human finally left this morning and took the little noise box with him, so it is time for a catnap here.
Until next time....