Funky Februrary...so far

Feb's been off to a odd start for our family.

On Feb 2, I got a call from Craig saying he was on his way to pick up Darcy from school about 11:00.  She had fallen on the playground and damaged another tooth.  It wound up being completely jammed up into the gums and we had to have a surgeon completely remove it last week.  So she's gone from a cute chubby toddler with just 1/2 a front tooth missing to a cute chubby toddler with 1 1/2 front teeth missing.  It's okay now, but I really dread when she gets older.  I'm hoping

Here was the last picture of her before she had the accident at school.  They had pajama day the day before and the teacher snapped a really great picture of Darcy.

And today, except for the gap in her mouth you really would have no idea anything happened 10 days ago. Thank God she is back to her normal self.  Well, she might actually be a bit goofier.  She's turned into a little one girl comedy show.  And she continues to be fearless.  Climbing on chairs and tables and threatening to jump off stairs to get our reaction.  I haven't got a toothless shot yet.  I've tried, but she's more interested in seeing the picture then smiling for one. 

Also on Feb 2, when I came home from work, Craig told me there were blood spots all over the main floor carpet.  Figuring the cats got into or Jake cut his paw on something, I was surprised to find it was Josie.  She had a pretty bad open cut on her stomach and I couldn't find anything she would have scraped it against.  I took her into the vet and she had a fast moving skin mass that wasn't going to fade away with any medication or surgery.  We had to make the decision to put her down the next morning.  Totally unexpected and it happened really fast.  That made it worse.  And it was on top of a up and down day for us with Darcy too.  Bless Craig's heart for being willing to take Josie to the vet and not leave with her.  I honestly don't think I could have done it.  She was our first family pet.  Actually, she was a Christmas gift for me the 2nd year we were married.  Craig had lined up to get a kitten from one of his students and in the cold weather, the kitten must have worked it's way under their house.  So we went to the Open Door Shelter the day after Christmas and found Josie (aka Tammy) in the older cats.  She came right to Craig, not historically a cat person, and so we knew she was a winner.  The tiniest cat in the room ("our little 6 pounder", as Craig would call her). 

Poor Jake has been clinging to us for more attention in the evenings.  He really misses her.

We miss you Josie Cat!

So that's been the first third of the month.  Here's hoping it looks up.
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On a brighter note, Camryn went to a birthday party on Saturday.  I think this pic is hilarious.