The much anticipated update!!

So everyone has been saying, "I've checked your blog, why haven't you updated it??"

Ask and you shall receive. Haha!

Things have been really great with us! We had our apartment warming party this past weekend! A bunch of people turned out for Andrew's homemade fajitas and margaritas! Sheri (my coworker) brought chips and queso as well, and everyone had a great time! We were able to show off our new stuff for our dining room that we bought at Kirkland's up in Frisco.






Dewey thought we'd bought something for him, but no dice!





The stuff we got goes perfectly with the rest of our dining room, we're doing a wine-inspired theme. Andrew bought covers for the burners on the stove to match it all, too.





Andrew bought some bookcases to go around the TV, it really made a change in the room! He moved the red couch to back up to the dining room, and put the TV and new bookcases against that other wall.



Andrew ran the wiring for the surround sound, recently, and Dewey took breaks from playing with me to go watch his Daddy work!






We folded the rug back to scoot up the furniture so Andrew could run the wiring along under the carpet, and Dewey had his own personal tunnel. He laid on his back, and popped out every once in awhile to swipe at the feather/stick toy.






He was being very goofy, he had a good time while Daddy was running wires!







He had his first adventure in the toilet recently, so we've been super careful to keep all lids shut ever since. What a little turd!!




We took him to the vet again this past Saturday. The ringworm is looking MUCH better. There is only one spot that needs more attention, so we have to continue bathing him for another week (three more times), and continue to do topical meds twice a day until that runs out. Andrew learned how to clip his claws, so we're trying that out to see if we can avoid having him declawed. I don't mind the trimmed nails, I don't think they're too bad. Dewey's not big on scratching things with his claws, we're lucky. He just loves to bite our hands and feet, it's his FAVORITE game (Andrew and I have many scratches to show from these "games", hahaha!).





Daddy bought him a great new toy awhile back, it's a cute little lady bug that he can run into, and it makes a crinkly noise wherever he touches it.





While a few people have asked, "Could you have anymore pictures of your cat on your blog??" (um...yes, I could, so don't tempt me! Haha!), I don't mind people teasing me about it. Dewey has been such a joy in our lives, and we both love him very much. He is our baby, and we feel so blessed to have this little rascal running around being a terror that still makes us laugh and charms us all the time.










We are counting down our trip to Indiana (18 more days...YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), and we will come back with PLENTY of pictures for you all! So I hope that you all have a great week! Gotta get going, the cat is tired of us sitting here on the computer.



Goodnight!

Dewey's Ordeal

Well Dewey had quite the weekend, let us tell you!! We've noticed this past week that Dewey has seemed more than a little lethargic when we're around. He's been taking 2 hour naps, sometimes back-to-back with very little playing in between. Andrew wasn't too worried, but I wanted to play it safe. So Saturday we packed him up in his carrier and took him to Petsmart. They got him right in, and checked him over while the vet talked to us. They told us that they would need to do a fecal test to see if there were any worms or other parasites in his intestines causing him to be lethargic. They also were concerned about some areas underneath his fur, which they determined to be ringworm. He had ringworm before we got him, but we were assured he'd been treated and was clear. This did NOT turn out to be the case, it was in several spots around the original area.

So we left him there for an hour so they could examine him and get their tests done. He apparently got one girl on the palm pretty good, and a sweet nurse said they finally just let him go for a minute, she went and calmed him down, and they finished what they needed to. I was SO GLAD that we didn't have to be there for the fecal test (sticking something up his little behind to get a sample...you can imagine why he hissed and bit people!), it was sad to have to leave him with strangers doing funky things to him. But they said there were no worms or parasites, and he may just be tired because he's still a growing boy. So we're going to keep an eye on him and make sure he gets equal amounts of play time along with all of his long naps!

We came home with a special shampoo to bathe him in three times a week, as well as a topical medication for his current ringworm areas. The full-body bath is just to make sure to "put out other wildfires" and make sure we get everything.

We did our first bath this afternoon. And I have to say, the little guy did REALLY, REALLY well! He got Andrew good with one of his claws, and I got a scratch or two, but he didn't freak out, he stayed relatively still, even when we were blow-drying him.





We don't have to put him through it again until Tuesday, and he has a re-check with the vet on the 22nd to see how he looks. Not long after that he'll be getting more shots and getting neutered, so it's not going to be a fun couple of weeks for Dewey! Poor baby!!

My coworker, Sheri, gave me this hanging set of mesh "shelves" she had stored away. It is usually meant to hold children's toys, but Dewey uses it as his own playground. He loves it!!









He's the most wonderful kitty ever, Andrew and I are nuts about him. Dewey likes to sleep on the blanket on the back of our couch while we're sitting there watching TV. Andrew and I have a hard time not petting him and talking about how perfect he is whenever he's sitting there napping, hahaha! He's so cute!!!!!!



So Dewey had a bit of a stressful weekend, but we're making sure to give him tons of love and attention (not that he's not already getting it anyways!) so he doesn't have too rough a time.

Friday night, Andrew and I finally were able to go on our Margarita Crawl!! We'd been waiting a few weeks to make sure everyone we wanted to come would be able to be there. Turns out we picked a bad weekend, though, because all but three people bowed out for other things. We were disappointed to miss a chance to hang out and have some drinks with our closest friends, but we had a good time anyways. Eric, Erika, and Sheri (along with her date) joined us at Uncle Julio's and Cantina Laredo to compare the margaritas and see who did it better. Andrew was convinced Uncle Julio's made the better margarita, but I knew Cantina Laredo would knock 'em dead. And I wasn't wrong, we ALL agreed that Cantina Laredo made a much stronger, and much tastier, margarita! So much fun!

Then Saturday night, we had a LONG overdue date night. We went shopping at Stonebriar Mall for awhile that afternoon (after giving Dewey's tons of time with us after his vet visit). Andrew got some new shirts, and I bought some books at Barnes and Noble. Then we hit Half-Price Books and got some more books for me (I've decided to start the Twlight series and see how it goes...) and we got some really great cookbooks to try out. Then we went and saw "Funny People", Adam Sandler's newest movie. Definitely not just funny, there's a very serious plot line as well. And a lot of cursing, a lot of dirty language. So if you can get past the fact that there is a bunch of crude dialogue (which didn't bother us, the movie was great!), then I recommend you all go see this movie!

We've spent the entire day at home, haven't left to go anywhere, so we're VERY much enjoying the lazy day. I hope that you all are doing the same! Have a great week!