Catching Up...

Wow I didn't think I would ever get back to blogging, but I forced myself to sit down and post the pictures I had from the end of last year.
So if anyone wants to see I have back posts from Halloween thru Christmas now. :)

Now onto 2011!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Saying Goodbye to a family member

I had a really tough weekend with Gizmo missing...but Monday was the worst!

Just so everyone knows - you can stop looking for our cat, we found him...usually this would be a happy thing to say but it's not.

After spending 2 days praying and looking for Gizmo he finally showed up Monday afternoon. I had just gotten home from searching out a cat (my wonderful neighbor and friend thought might be him) who was hiding in a drain down the street. I had a feeling to go into the backyard before I went back into the house. I went to search out something I saw earlier that morning. I saw one of our black labs laying by something outside on the grass, it looked gray and I just figured it was the golf towel they had been playing with the past week. But when I went to check the figure I found my beloved "ki-ki" lying motionless on the ground.

My heart broke and I began to cry. My first thought was the dogs killed him...but after my mother and mother-in-law showed up we decided it wasn't them. He didn't look like he had been played with or chewed on at all...and there was only a tini, tiny trace of blood but none on the ground. My father showed up to wrap Gizmo in a blanket and put him in a box for me. My mother buried him in her backyard (since we have dogs that like to dig). I will be planting some flowers on top to remember him by.

I have gone over every possible thing that could have happend to him...and I still have no clue - I will never know. Aaron thinks he might have gotten into something like anti-freeze and he came home and died. But who knows. We really don't think it was the dogs. When I found him he was laying perfect on his side, like he just laid down and passed away.

So as you can see yesterday was a tough day for me.

Many of you are probably thinking...wow, it's just a cat? But Gizmo wasn't. He was part of our family. Aaron brought him home for me on our first Valentine's Day right after we were married. I remember being so mad at him because we weren't allowed to have pets in our apartment. But I fell in love with him right away! He was the cutest kitten! So playful and loveable! He loved to chase bouncy balls and would play fetch.



Our friend Brandon was the one who came up with the name Gizmo...



As you can see it was very fitting. When we first got Gizmo he had a problem with stepping in his own poop when he was in the cat liter so we would have to bath him a lot. (he learned not to step in his poop quickly because he didn't like the baths) When he was wet he looked like a Gremlin...and when he was dry he looked like Gizmo the cute fuzzy Gremlin. I never really called him Gizmo...I would always call him, "Ki-Ki" don't know why but it was my little nickname I called him by - and he would always come running with his little bell ringing as he ran towards me. :)

He was such a great cat so loveable! He even sat with me on the couch and put his head on my belly when I was having my contractions while pregnant with Austin.

He was very curious when we brought Austin home...


They quickly became buddies! Sometimes Austin would love on Gizmo to much but Gizmo never hurt Austin. They discovered so much together....

And they played well together...

Gizmo even taught Austin how to climb up the stairs. Gizmo would run up the stairs so Austin could get him - until the day Austin followed him up!
When Austin started to talk he couldn't say Gizmo so he would call him, "ki-ki" like I did when I would calling for him. He keeps saying, "ki-ki go bye-bye"...breaks my heart!
I don't have any pictures with Mylee but she loved that cat as well...I think he was the reason she started crawling. She couldn't wait to get her hands on him. She would lay on the ground and watch his every move, just smiling and laughing at him. One day she just started to pull herself towards him.
We will all miss him dearly!!!!
I know you are in a better place "ki-ki" but I just want you to know we love you and miss you! You were my first baby! :) The part I will miss the most is how you would cuddle up and sleep by my side EVERY night....sometime you'd try to sleep on my face. :) Things won't be the same without you here.
Saying goodbye to a family member, even if it was a cat, is never easy...
WE LOVE YOU "KI-KI"

Sunday, April 25, 2010

MISSING

Missing Please help!



We have lost out black and white Tuxedo cat answers to "ki ki" or "Gizmo" He is 5 years old and very friendly...he took his collar off last week so he won't have any i.d. :( Please let us know if you see if or have him! 243-3027. As you can see he is a big part of our family so please keep a look out for him. Austin misses his "ki ki"!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

More Cakes

Thought I'd share a couple of cakes I made last week:

This one was for a girl turning 10 who wanted a zebra cake with hot pink flowers

And this was for a "cake-smash" session


My family blog is starting to look like my cake blog...maybe I should have a blog just for my cakes? I think I have to many blogs as it is....What do you think?

I just realized I never posted this cake from a "cake-smash" session I did a month ago

Monday, April 5, 2010

Easter Time

I had some sessions this weekend so I left my studio set up and I threw the kids in their Easter clothes and tried to get a cute pics of them together...yeap another attempt...failed! :) Austin just wanted candy and Mylee wasn't quite awake from her nap.


The dress Mylee is wearing is very special. My mother's best friend, Laura Yates, made me this dress before she passed away (which was before I was even married). When I found out I was having a girl I was so excited because I wanted my girl to be blessed in this dress...but Mylee came along and she was so small - it completely drowned her. So I saved it for Easter and I was so happy it fit her. I will now put the dress away until Mylee has a baby girl of her own.



Austin Loves his PEZ

Mylee and her new sandles that don't fit (her feet are to skinny!)

Aaron modeling his Easter present:
a new bat, ball, and PEZ (I know where Austin gets his love from)

My Easter strawberries

The cake I made for my nephew Jaxon
his birthday was Saturday
and he LOVES Spongebob
(FYI: Wal-Mart doesn't carry Spongebob toys - go figure)
I spent all night Saturday searching for some figures for his cake
I finally found some at Toys-R-Us
Jaxon the newest 2-year-old in the family

Bowen and Austin during the egg hunt at my parents house

Mylee enjoying some eggs
I think she liked her first Easter!

Today I decided to let her try a peep
And I think she liked it
What's not to like, right?
She takes after her mom and her sweet-tooth.
Austin didn't care to much about the peeps,
just like his dad!

Hope Everyone had a fun Easter!