My boy "the licker"

My poor baby boy...I am not a crazy cat woman but I have come to Love my Lorenzo no matter how bad he can be (scratching my new couch).  Having a pet brings so much joy, most days they just love you.  Dogs always love you...cats on the other hand are very particular and moody; hmmm does he sound like someone you know?  So getting to my boy...on Sunday I noticed he was jumping in and out of his box too many times and then he was out squatting on the floor and nothing was happening.  We rushed him over to the vet and 600$ later (thank goodness for pet insurance) found out he has a UTI!  Special food, special drugs and lots of water.  How do you make a cat drink? sheesh.  I was worried, the vet kept talking kidney stones but at the end of the day today I can see he is getting better.  He is playing and eating and swatting our feet when we walk by.  All is returning to normal.
Just imagine this; your at the vet, who is male (Ethiopian with a very heavy accent), with your husband, who is male, and the vet is explaining how the boy cats have this problem often because the urethra is very small, a little tiny opening and little tiny crystals develop causing the infection which then causes the boy to lick and lick and lick "it" making it worse.  How do you not laugh?
I mean ...oh, never mind!!
So we have a follow up on Halloween for"the licker". 
Hopefully all will be fine.

Here...there...and everywhere.

Since August we have been running around non stop!  I remember when I was a kid the days felt like weeks and months like years.  Here I am quickly approaching another birthday and the days feel like minutes.  How do you make the clock stop?  That is a question asked for hundreds of years I am sure.  Daniel would probably say, check the Mayan calendar since it will come to an end soon!

So that leads me to where the heck we have been!
In late august this beauty joined the family.  Meet Olivia! 

 

 

A week later we left for Florida for a vacation.  We had a visit with Poppy, Uncle Bill and Aunt Rose for four days and then on Sunday we left on a cruise to the western Caribbean, visiting Grand Cayman, Belize, Isla Roatan and Cozumel.  These were some of the most beautiful places to see and even better from the balcony of our cabin.  Below is a small slide show from our trip.




When we returned from our trip it was the middle of September and we were both facing rigorous schedules at work.  When we left it was 100 degrees and upon our return it was a cool and dry 60, it is autumn!

A week after we settled in the family had a Welcome Olivia party and we were able to finally meet Maura Claire, our niece from Boston.   She is a beautiful smiling girl who is always happy and loves loves loves guacamole!  A girl after my own heart. *sigh*


My mom made these great favors for the party!