Normally, I go about my days with my wild little monkey running around and leaving chaos as he goes. So, when we got our new kitty a couple of weeks ago, I thought that it couldn't possibly be much different. Besides, my heart that has been aching for a baby for so long was just thrilled at the idea of having a kitten to love and nurture. Fast forward a couple of weeks and I'm still thrilled at having gotten a kitten...I just thought there was never a dull moment before...
In the past couple of weeks, Drew has reached several big milestones. Milestone #1 is that he now sleeps through the night!!!! Of course, since he doesn't get up 3 times, he makes up for it by waking up at 6:00 am, proceeding to wake the kitty up and then the two of them unleash all kinds of terror on Mommy and Daddy's peacefully sleeping selves. Its not much like having a baby...more like a preschooler (Drew) teaching his toddler sister (Lady Grey) what fun it is to climb furniture, throw toys around, pounce on Mommy and Daddy repeatedly in bed and screech at the top of your lungs. Milestone #2 is that he is completely out of diapers!! There is really isn't much to say about the cat in regards to this except that she appears to have a freakish interest in watching him pee.
So, the noise level has reached an all time high in recent days. I fight the urge to stay on top of Drew about not chasing the kitty because it turns out that she quite enjoys it and takes it rather personally when I make him play on his own. They even played football the other night. It went something like this: Drew would stand in one end of the room, he would chuck the soft, mini football (hey, I'm not completely retarded) into the other and then he and Lady raced to see who got there first. It was quite amusing to watch but even more amusing was Drew's prayer that evening. "Dear Jesus" he said, "Thank you for my new kitty! And Jesus? Please teach Lady Grey to know how to play football the right way so that she knows to catch it with her paws...Amen!"
At the moment, Drew is at preschool and the roofers are tearing apart our damaged roof. What is normally a quiet time, is not. Judging from Lady's literal attempt to climb the walls, I'm anticipating that between the roofers, the 3 year old monkey and a wild child of a kitten, I'm in for a rambunctious, loud, and quite possibly FANTASTIC day!
Devin and I love reading your blog. I feel like we're catching up, even though I'm not talking to you. You'll have to tell me how your totally done with diapers. Maeli's only sleeping in them at night. I'm waiting till she goes a week without peeing in them. She stays dry for about six nights. Last night I was thinking about leaving her in her panties, but between fighting back tears (I don't know if I'm totally ready for her to be a big girl) and not knowing if she was ready, I decided not to. Good thing I didn't, because she woke up with a slightly wet diaper. Fun times!
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I'm so glad you get to read about my little monkey and we get to catch up...even if its on the computer! As far as potty training goes, I just waited until I realized that he was never wet at night. I know a lot of research shows that you have to wait for their bodies to be ready and that it is not always something you can train them to do. I think she is doing great! If you decide to be done with them though, then just don't put one on her. She may surprise you and worse case scenario, she ends up a little damp...which may be just what she needs to finish up the process :)
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