More Waverly

Well things are settling down around here now. We are all getting used to each other and Waverly now allows us to sleep most of the night. He has also started lying down on surfaces that are not human which is good. He always has to know where we are and if one of us gets up he is sure to follow to find out why. He listens pretty well for a cat so hopefully that will keep up. He is just so cute and we are definitely curious to see how big he ends up getting.

For your viewing pleasure we also have a little 10 second video here of our little soccer cat. We got him some of those little ping-pong ball type things with the bell in the center and he loves them and really enjoys batting them around. He has surprisingly good control of the ball and is a very calculated cat. He always takes his time and you can tell he is thinking about things. He also loves his new scratching post but the camera died too quickly for a video of that but it is pretty funny to watch him play. The anticipation of waiting for him to actually pounce on something is incredible. So maybe if we can get the camera to hold a charge for more than 10 seconds we will have more to show later :)

Waverly! (or 'why we are not having kids anytime soon')

Last night Brandon and I did possibly the craziest thing to date in our relationship and adopted a kitty (sad, right? that adopting a cat is the craziest thing....). He was a stray that one of Brandon's friends found in her backyard all cold, dirty and flea-ridden and she needed a home for it because of the two cats she already has. So being the kind hearted souls we are and despite the fact that our rental agreement says we can't, we adopted waverly, a little orange tabby cat :)

Judging by his size we estimated him to be about 3 months old, but the vet today says that although he looks that young, his teeth indicate that he is probably closer to 6 months old. Aside from some ear mites, he is in good health and isn't even under weight or anything despite his small size. His name is a White Christmas reference in case you were wondering. He is the most loving cat we have ever met and hates to be without human contact. This of course is why we did not sleep last night and started to question whether we had a cat or a child. He just would not let us sleep, the only way he was happy was if he was lying on one of our heads (or across Brandon's neck scarf style) and as many times as we put him at the end of the bed he climbed back up. He also decided he wanted to play at 5am and started attacking our feet...it might have been cuter if it wasn't 5am!! Needless to say, we are quite tired. He is actually starting to calm down now I think and for the first time is lying on the couch alone (I think he is just that tired at this point....it's been a stressful 24 hours for him) so hopefully as he gets used to us and the place things will calm down. He loves us though and we love him and he is just so cute. Hopefully we will keep him awake enough that he will sleep wherever we put him tonight. And hopefully our landlord will never know....For now, here are a few more pictures because he is just that cute!

10 Month Countdown

10 months to go until we're married! The place is booked; the photographer is booked; the dress is bought; and the save the dates are away. Now we should find someone to marry us . . . .

We'll be posting news and updates here as the time to the wedding shrinks. But we will also be using this for general updates on our life . . . in case something exciting ever happens. So stop by every once in a while.