Meet Gracie - Our newest addition

Gillian loves cats. We don'thave to bring toys when we are going to visit a person that owns a cat because Gillian spends the entire time playing with the cat or at least trying to as most run away from her.

I have been bugging Craig for quite some time that we should get Gillian a kitten. He was resistent and said no many times. I had been looking around and I found some black & gray kittens at the pet store. I don't know why I wanted a black & gray kitten, just what I pictured. I convinced Craig to go see the kittens with me to check when they were ready because I didn't trust the shady guy I had spoken to on Saturday.

I'm glad that we went because the kittens were ready on Monday and one was already on hold. So an employee brought out the two remaining kittens....I held one and Craig held the other. The one I held was loud and kept crying and clawing me....Craig's just laid there and was all mellow. I asked to take both home...Craig was like no but I felt bad for the one that would be left alone. Craig said I was lucky I was getting one.

So I signed all the papers and the kitten was coming home. We weren't sure how Pooh was going to take it. We had tried bringing a 2nd dog at one point and that didn't work so we were unsure. There has mainly been a lot of chasing and slobber. So we will have to wait and see but I think it is going to work out fine....

And Gillian is thrilled!

I think they are trying to off me!

So I posted about the amazing progress that Gillian is making on her bike. I'm convinced that Craig is working with her while I sleep.

Today I took Gillian around the development for her bike ride and I had to jog to keep up and she was yelling faster faster. Neighbors have taken notice of her progress and made nice comments. I had to explain to Gillian that I was old and out of shape so we couldn't go faster. This would last a little bit then I would be running again trying to keep up. If my life insurance was worth it, I really would think that Craig and Gillian were in on trying to off me...lol!

Bicycle

Gillian got a bike for Easter. I wasn't sure how the bike would go over. I always admit that my daughter is not the most coordinated person. Due to either prematurity or genetics or both, she struggles with coordination.

She has been a trooper with it. She started to somewhat be able to ride it the day she got it and she asked daily to practice. She got the bike on Sunday and by Friday of the same week she is able to ride the bike around our development. She needs a little help steering but for the most part she is pretty good. She has had two major falls but both times got up and got right back on the bike even with the tears she continued on. During one of the spills, she even cut next to her left eye and it was bleeding but she continued. She did .7 mile Friday, .7 mile Saturday and 1.4 miles today. She loves to go pedalling on her bike and I love to watch her and be mesmerized by her complete coordination to do so.