R.I.P. Jones

I have very sad news. Last night we had to put our cat, Jones, to sleep. He was very old, atleasy 16 years old as we know but my husband and his family don't know how old he was when they got him so he could have been a little older. This past week he's just been moving in slow motion almost, getting weaker and weaker and losing weight like crazy because he wouldn't eat or drink. So we finally took him to the vet and they said he would need a liver and kidney transplant but obviously that just wouldn't make sense considering his age. Here is my FAVORITE and one of the new pictures that Jo got taken with Jones:

And my husband and Jones... he LOOOOVED that cat!


On a lighter note... I am SO proud of Josephine! These past 3 days she has been so great about me sitting her down in her playyard with some toys and then leaving. She hasn't fussed or cried like she usually does the SECOND I leave her view. I've actually gotten to brush my teeth and wash my face in the morning and not having to wait till her first nap to do all that stuff! haha she's been REALLY good about it. Today, our replacement mattress was being delivered and I wasn't expecting the delivery men to show up so soon (seriously... when delivery people say they're going to be there between 12 and 4 do you REALLY expect them to show up at 12? Because I didn't!) and she sat in her playard for like 20 minutes alone while I hurried up and moved a bunch of stuff out of their way, not even a fussy peep out of her! I could hear her talking away without a care in the world! Here is a picture I took of her when I got back from doing that because I was seriously just so proud haha

We have found a new use for Jo's booster seat. When she's really cranky, for some reason, she's happy as a clam if she's sitting in the booster seat in the living room with everyone else. Maybe she feels more grown up? Like "Hey, I can sit in a chair too ya know!"
This is her wanting my camera, as usual...

And a picture of Zoe with Jo now that Zoe can come downstairs...

Annnnd... Jo showing off her onsie, proudly!

Yes, she looks very proud and thrilled hahaha
Yesterday, for breakfast, I put Jo in her Christmas bib since she was already wearing her Christmas pajamas, so it was fake Christmas!

And to keep with the spirit I put her in a Christmas sweater. Here she is in her empty playard after I did some serious cleaning of it...

Also... yesterday, I SAT Jo in her activity mat instead of just laying her under it and she was absolutely amazed! It was like a whole new world to her, she couldn't believe it, she was seriously absolutely mezmerized by it haha it was the funniest thing ever to watch her.


And ... here is Jo, with a ribbor tied around her head, with her favorite new toy... a wire rolled up. Um... yeah, her extremely safe new toy. I couldn't get it away from her, she'd FLIP out.


You all must watch this! It is HILARIOUS. I was filming Jo standing up and holding on to the edge of the playard and as the camera went near her face she wanted to grab it from me so in one quick move she let go and grabbed the camera and then it's just pure chaos as they both fall haha I love this so much...

And another video of Jo just being Jo and talking up a storm...



Hope everyone is having a good week!