Ethan = 1 Month Old

So here is an updated look at little Ethan...Jon and I are having so much fun playing with our little nephew and spoiling him ROTTEN. He is getting blessed this Sunday and I am sure Alicia will have him looking as handsome as ever. She often has several different outfit changes during the day - he always very well groomed!

Here is Auntie Ashley who is in LOVE with Ethan...

Proud Mama and Aunt Angela - what a great Pic...

And of course - I love him a little bit too!

ENTER : Ethan Kenneth Moeller

Alicia and Brett had their baby this past week.

Baby boy - as dad would say "Call sign" Ethan Kenneth Moeller!

He came bouncing into the world at 8lbs-6oz, 20inches long with a load of dark hair and definitely Alicia's cheeks.

Daddy, Mama and baby are all well. Ethan has been in the NICU due to a few complications so Jon and I do not have pictures with him in our arms yet. He is due to be released the end of next week.

Here are a few photos to enjoy!

Wrestlemania Puppy Style

What the heck is up with MIRO?

On the right side of our blog we listed some of our favorite things...one is naming Miro paintings - it is contagious, we love it - you will see. We added MIRO paintings to the bottom of our blog - can you guess what the names are - "Bird on Woman" is not the only title! Guess and then check it - it will make you laugh!

BLOG - Memory Game

Carrie - I am playing - not just spying!

I got this from Carrie's blog who stole it from Maren's blog. If you are reading this, you have to do it.

1. Add a comment to this post on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn’t matter if you knew me a little or a lot…anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It’s actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses.

I am with Carrie that if you leave a memory about me, I’ll assume you’re playing the game and I’ll come to your blog and leave one about you.

And if you don't have a blog...do it anyway.

Chloe - the "herder"!

Welcome Chloe Elder!

Since the departure of "stealth" kitty - our pup (and I can admit WE) have been pretty sad. Ceasar has been moping around the house with sad eyes and no one to wrestle with.
So we found Chloe...and she is so "PRECIOUS"! We rescued her from http://www.poundpuprescue.org/ which is a foster home that shelters the pets that the Humane Society and Animal Control cannot house. She is 8 weeks old and is a Lab/Border Collie mix. She is hilarious. She looks like a lab except for the black and white border collie markings and ears (which are so cute) - she has a great temperament - but she likes to herd me around the house - like I am cattle. She grabs my pant legs, socks - skin - whatever and guides me to where she thinks I need to go. Jon just laughs - she does not do it to him at all. I have little nipping bruises on my arms and legs - we are working on not biting when she herds. We will not be able to get rid of the herding since it is absolute instinct - but we can turn into not nudging and not biting! This is her favorite toy - her "Puppy Kong" which she shares begrudgingly with Ceasar - he is not so good at sharing! :) As you can see she has some remnants of "Kong" cookie on her nose! So cute! Ceasar LOVES, LOVES, LOVES her - they wrestle and play all day if allowed. We caught a little video of them wrestling which I will add later today!

Stealth Kitty

Well - he has done it - he finally made the great escape. Palladio (our beloved cat) has been trying to escape in every possible way for about 2 years. He wants to go outside so badly (he watches the dog), but every time he gets outside he throws himself down on the cement, rubs around and then at the slightest thump or movement he races to the door and house for safety. He thinks he is a "tough" tom cat.

Last Thursday night he made an escape- we think it happened when Jon and I returned home from visiting a neighbor. The porch light was not on and being "Stealth" kitty he must have snuck out on our way in. The sad thing is that we merely shut the door - locked it and headed upstairs to bed. It was late... Ceasar woke us up in the night barking like a maniac - but we did not think anything of it. As I see it - he must have been trying to tell us that his buddy was locked outside...we did not realize that he was missing until mid morning Friday when he did not come when we shook his food.

I suddenly realized that he did not wake me at 4am with his heavy feet crawling on me, and he did not bat my alarm clock off the night stand when I did not respond to his heavy paws, and he was not waiting for me when I got out of the shower to lick the water off my ankles. I suddenly began to frantically look everywhere in the house as he is also great at hide and seek. But to no avail - he was not in the house. I headed out to the neighborhood - asked all the workers building houses if they had seen our "Gato"... nope - asked the foreman of our development if he had seen Palladio - nope, asked the sales office manager if they had seen our cat - nope - wandered around calling for our cat bawling my eyes out - no cat!

I called Jonathan and we prayed - no cat. We posted signs in the neighborhood with pictures and a $100.00 reward - no cat. We called the Humane Society, Animal Control and the local Cat orphanage - no Palladio. Our whole family went on hunts and dad spent 2 hours combing the landscape around our house - no cat. We were heart broken and so was the dog. Palladio raised Ceasar - we had him for 9 years. He taught Ceasar to growl, hit with his paws, stretch like a feline and to curl up in a ball to sleep.

We are hoping that he has been picked up by a sweet family who loves him and does not realize that we are missing him. Unfortunately, with bobcats, owls, coyotes, rattle snakes, and 115 degree heat we are afraid our timid little prince did not make it very far. We have been mourning our loss for over a week and have cried many times. We loved him so much - even though he was a CRAZY cat! So here's to Palladio - may we meet him again some day!