Oh.. Cat Nip Balls

Oh Cat Nip Balls

This has been an especially interesting week around here. One of those weeks where you say... "You just can't make this stuff up".

Today .. Wednesday .. we took Tamara to her Pediatrician. She cried for a few minutes as she did in Tbilisi and then was fine. We will have to take her in for some extensive blood work in a few days. Although we were told in Georgia that she is up to date on all her shots.. they didn't give us the documentation for them. So we're having her anti-bodies checked to see what.. if any shots she actually got. I will need to try and get these through the agency personnel if possible. Here in the USA we must have proof before she can go to school and I really don't want to give them (more shots) to her unless we absolutely have to. The anti body screening will tell us if she received those shots and if so what the quality level was of the shots she received. If the quality was poor it will show up and then she will have to have those redone. Interesting stuff huh?

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Today is also Bruce and I's 14th Wedding Anniversary... Yup.. it's been 14 years.. can you believe it?

Time sure does fly when you're having fun... doesn't it?

After the Doctors visit we took Tamara out to a Anniversary Lunch.

Friendly's... yeah... The Honeymoon must be over...lol

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Yesterday.. Tuesday was Joey's 3 rd Birthday and Tamara was invited over for a play date.

Joey seems to think that Tamara is his girlfriend.. hum.. she has that effect on boys already. Last week while at Walmart a 9 year old boy asked me her name and then said to his Dad.

"Dad.. I think I'll marry Tamara" ??? Weird huh? Didn't even ask for her number.

Anyway... Tamara and Joey had a great time playing with his water table (gotta get one of those), his bounce castle (gotta get me one of those ;o) and his ride on cars.

Tamara & Joey playing in his bounce castle.

Below.. Water Table Fun.

Below... Joey peeking through one of the bounce castle holes. He was a gracious little host and very much a gentleman. An amazing little boy who doesn't just say Thank You but "Thank you very much". Too cute! He is also the only 3 year old I've ever met that can spell and read. Seriously.. brilliant, cute and a wonderful playmate for Tamara.

Thank You Joey and his Mommy ... we had an awesome time.

As we were leaving Joey said "Bye Tamara.. next time wear a hat"... Ok Joey we will. ;o)

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Monday was a panic day.

I was in a cleaning mode and so when Bruce took Tamara out to play on her swing I decided to vacuum the front half of the house. You know those rooms we hardly use. The formal dining room and living room. They're gated off right now and so Tamara doesn't have access to them. Anyway I noticed what looked like wood pulp in front and side of one of my china cabinets. So I stopped called Bruce in to investigate. We both immediately thought "oh no.. something must be eating the cabinet". This is a china hutch that houses 4 china sets and some spare parts so I wasn't thrilled with the idea of having to empty it out and dispose of the piece.. but I told Bruce. Wait until Tamara takes her nap and I'll do it. :o( He then pulled the cabinet out.. checked all around and found the wood pulp was all along the wall and not under the cabinet. So then we thought.. "oh man they're in our walls". So when Tamara napped instead of my emptying out the china hutch. Bruce was pulling off the trim (baseboard) to see what's going on. Nothing... no evidence of any pest there? Hum... weird. So we move the cabinet back and a yellow ball pops out. An empty cat nip ball. Apparently one of the cats has been playing with the ball under my cabinet. The ball went under hit the wall.. left some cat nip and came back out. The cat would then hit it again and again until all the cat nip was evenly distributed against the wall and the empty ball container got stuck under neath.

Grrr... "oh... Cat Nip Balls"

Like I said you just can't make this stuff up..lol.

Relieved we get to keep the hutch and of course that we aren't infested with some house eating insect Bruce quickly replaced the molding and we back to normal by the time sweet pea woke up. ;o)

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Today.. Tamara also learned how to use mega Lego's. It took her a while and a lesson from Daddy but before long she was building away. She's amazing to watch as she really hasn't seen many toys in her life so everything is a mystery, an adventure and a puzzle to solve.

Later it was time to swing again.

Look Mommy ... Bambi

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Sunday we attended church for the first time with Tamara. She was wonderful. Sitting through about an hour's worth of service. Getting up with Mommy for the children's sermon and finally going up for communion. She walked up with us. Knelled down with her hands in the proper position. Amazing little girl. Considering she went from an orphanage to the foster home and never went to church. Amazing!

Yes... we are very proud of her. ;o)

I'd also like to take this opportunity to say "See Ya" to Pastor Dan and his wife Marsha. This past Sunday was Dan's last day at our church due to a transfer to Tom's River. Many of you may remember Pastor Dan as he was the pastor who renewed Mom and Dad's vows last year at their 50th.

Dan and Marsha will be missed a great deal. We will never forget the silly things Dan did during his sermons. Like during a children's sermon when he asked the kids what did the cows say and the adults said "moo" and of course the time he set the oil lap on fire at the alter almost needing a fire extinguisher to put it out. lol. Yes he has the best props but more importantly he and Marsha have wonderful hearts which they share freely with everyone they meet.

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