Ollie and Ozzy

So our cats are growing. We were in PA for Thanksgiving and showing my Meme and Pepe pictures of the cats from when they first entered the house until now and we realized just how much they have grown!!! Ollie has become the really skinny cat but still eats a ton!!! He's exactly like his mom who was really skinny. And Ozzy has become the bigger (but not fat) cat, guess we need to get him to run more. This month we decided to let them in our room when we're home because we're going to be moving the couch we were protecting to the living room soon. We'll they have done great!!! Neither are scratching the cough and neither are interested in it really. No instead Ozzy's favorite spot is on our window still. He'll come in and if the blinds aren't open he'll stand there meowing at them until they are. It's so funny. Then he's content there for a number of hours!!! Ollie on the other hand, he's in the room and on our bed laying down watching whatever we are doing. Or if the tub is still wet he's in there playing with the water and drinking it.

Both on our window still

Ozzy's favortie spot at night, on the rug in our bathroom.

Ollie's spot on our bed.

Ollie has become the social playful cat and Ozzy is always sleeping (as I type he's asleep on the bed) or starring out windows , I guess he's entered cat mode faster. They are both a hoot and completely tore our house up over Thanksgiving, taught us not to leave them alone for so long!!! So far they have yet to climb the Christmas tree or take down the stockings.....and we know they won't climb the tree. Ross found out that cats naturally hate the sent of orange so on the bottom branches is a cloth with Pledge Orange glow sprayed all over it. They won't go under the tree, they'll just walk the outside where we put a bell ornament for them to play with. Plus, they have plenty of bags and things to play with on the ground!!! Ross and I are so excited for Christmas to see what they do with all the paper and bows for them to play with!

His new perch on our extra computer screen.

We gave them a well needed bath before Thanksgiving, they were not happy with us. Ozzy hated all of it and cried through it all. Ollie on the other hand didn't mind the wather but hanted the soaping up part. Our attempt to make them hate the kitchen sink didn't work...but they were clean!!!

Ozzy gettin clean

The evil eye after his bath.

Them heating each other the dry.

Apparently Ross' hoodie was nice and warm.

One of their favorite place to be is in the garage, but one can't be out there without the other (we think if they are separated they wouldn't know what to do). Well if the Jeep is warm Ollie loves to get on the hood of it and lay there. Ozzy never knows where he goes and is trying to go in and out the house to find him. One night this lasted 2 hours!!! So we thought it would be funny to honk the horn and see what happened....

Ollie on the Jeep

Our Kids Ollie & Ozzy

Our kids....our kids are being crazy. They are wrestling any time they can and for hours on end!!! They've grown more and can now get on the kitchen counter, much to our dismay. :-( But they are doing great!! They are finally starting to find it interesting to chase after live bugs, they just won't kill them (We get lots of tree roaches in the house). So apparently killing bugs is still my job. And the garage is getting more interesting by the day, last night they spent a good 2 hours in there running around. Ozzy's favorite thing to do and walk around or sleep with his tongue sticking out. Here are some new pictures of them....

Ozzy has figured out how to get on top of the foldable laundry drying rack. So now I have to put it on a counter or he's up there chewing on it.

Ollie on the other hand can't get up on it.

If we are out on the deck, this is where they are sitting waiting for us to come in.

So here's what I'm talking about, Ozzy keeping his tongue out.

Them sleeping, and Ozzy with his tongue out.

We had to take the mirror out of the extra bedroom to paint and the cats were entertained by it for days. they spends hours trying to figure out where the other cat was. they would look at it and the look behind the mirror to see if they would find the "other" cat. They would even attack the mirror when they saw themselves. Here's a video of them trying to find the "other" cat.

Kitten Pictures

Well my sister has been begging me to put up pictures of our kittens, and since you could consider them our kids right now I should update you.

They are growing a ton! But we don't think they'll be very big because the momma cat was pretty small. They are running around the house like crazy and will wrestle for hours on end. Guess that's what we get with 2 boys!!

Ozzy is taking a liking to bouncy balls, however when he gets them in him mouth he growls at them and hisses at them. And it's no little growl, we wonder if he's half dog when he does this. Ozzy also like to get himself stuck. This morning was hilarious because he saw a little hole between a box, the wall, and the humidifier and thought he could get himself in it. Getting in the hole ended with his butt in the air legs flailing and him stuck. I wish I had gotten a picture of it but sadly I didn't have the camera near by. I got him out though. Here's some Ozzy pictures.



Ollie, it mister curious, he won't leave anything alone till he knows what it is. Yesterday Rachel and Justin came over and he was trying to bury under Justin's hoodie to see what was there. He's also the one that does everything first, right now he's trying to jump up on all the kitchen counters. Thank goodness they aren't big enough yet!! I have to say Ollie is getting really good at the stelth attack, he's constantly suprising Ozzy when jumping on his back, especially in the kitchen. Now if only we could get pouncing down, he gets everything but hit what he actually want to pounce on, he's usually about a foot off. Here's some Ollie pictures.



There's new favorite thing to do is sit on the window still in the sun, or just star out the windows at what's going on. Their other afavorite thing is to sit in front of the computer screen while your working and chase the pointer. It's so funny but, can get anoying when you can only see the top two inches of the screen. Ross and I both agree watching them is sooo much better than cable or any TV show! Here's some pictures of both of them.






Last, here's a video of them playing with an empty Mt. Dew box, this box and a Pepsi one stayed on our floor for a number of weeks while they played with it.

Kitten Names...

Life here at our house just got a little crazier. We flea treated, washed, litter box trained, and brought in all three kittens. It make for a crazy and very entertaining time in our house. I actually have two of them on my lap playing now. We are keeping two of them, the all black one who's taken a liking to Ross. And the gray and white one who's taken a liking to me. We don't have names though! What do you think we should name them??

It's fun for me to have someone to come home to and keep me company while I read and what for Ross to come home. And they are VERY entertaining...running around playing, scaring, and all around being cute. Ross and I are excited to watch them grow up and play. Last night I think we sat on the couch for an hour or two watching them play with each other. I have to say it's much better then any TV entertainment!!! Here are pictures of the two we are keeping. We think we have the third one adopted out to one of Ross' co-workers.

Outside before we brought them in.

Practicing bush climbing.

A very cute one for a few weeks ago.

Not sure about the bike.

Ross has also started kitty boot camp, yes I help too. It started yesterday when they were climbing on the furniture. He's armed with a spray bottle of water and following them around. Every time they try to climb the furniture with their claws they get sprayed. And they HATE it!!! When they get sprayed we don't see them for a while because they hide under the couch. We decided we we would let them on the furniture when they didn't need their claws to climb it.

Nothing new has really happened with the house, we are in the process of spackling the front (pink) bedroom, but since school started house work slowed down. We are School is goin well for Kacie. I have been blessed to be able to get my reading done each week so far, and enjoy the reading!! We are excited about goin home this weekend to see everyone and then going to a HOKIE football game next weekend. We haven't been to a football game since I graduated in 2006 and I've missed that experience greatly. God blessed us with free tickets through a friend at seminary. We are both so thankful that we can go. Ross is excited because we'll be in the West Stands which means we'll be sitting the whole time instead of standing in the student section. I guess we'll see if we get the true HOKIE football experience over there. Either way we'll be at a game screaming with all the other fans and seeing the HOKIES kick some butt!! It'll be the second time we've gone since April 16, 07 and I really can't wait to go back. Hopefully this time it won't be so emotional, guess we'll see. Here are some pictures of the campus and memorial.

The back of the scoreboard of Lane Stadium.

Burruss Hall

The stadium in the background, and the VT bush in the front, one of 2 VT bushes.

Burruss Hall and the memorial of the 32 we lost.

Where I lived for 3 and half years of my life. 2nd floor of West Ambler Johnston.

The awesome road we get to take there!!!! If you get car sick or don't like to drive crazy not a good idea to be in the car with Ross on this road. But we have a blast!!

We are parents!!!

No I am not pregnant, that won't be for a while, years! But we do have three kittens living on our front porch. Here's the story....we bought a house and the house came with a cat. The cat was from the previous owner. We didn't feed the cat at first cause we didn't want the cat. However, the cat brought 3 kittens to us. So we started feeding the cat so we could keep the kittens alive and adopt them out. Then the cat went off and didn't return. We're not sure what happened to her but we became parents to three little kittens. They're about 4 weeks old, or that's what we are guessing. They are playing with each other, running around and hitting each other with their paws, and being all around very cute. We now take care of feedings and loving for these kittens. Everything they need is on us...it's crazy how we didn't care about a cat but can't stand the thought of letting these kittens suffer?? They are too cute and lovable I guess, and we know they can't fend for themselves like a grown cat can. Here's some pictures of our kids, can you see the resemblance??

The gray and white one. This one looks exactly like the mom cat.

The black with gray stripes one...

The all black one

All three playing, they are becoming very efficient at climbing the bike wheels.

That's what has been going on at our house this week. Worrying about kittens...and getting no work done on the house.