New addition

I'm sure many people's heart stopped. No, we are not having another child. But we have added a new family member. Meet Lily!

Adding Lily to our family has been amazing. Honestly, we both said we never wanted any more animals. I mean, we already have a zoo for goodness sakes. But, she has been an amazing addition. Here is the story of Lily. Last Wednesday, we went to PetSmart because we had promised Madelyn the night before when we were at Target that we could go. She likes the fish...honestly I think it's as good as the aquarium for her. She also likes the cats. Since Casper doesn't want anything to do with her, cats are like the untouchable for her. There was one looking through the glass at Madelyn, so we decided to let her try to play with one. The worker there let the 3 that were grouped together out. The one we originally wanted to see was very playful, and didn't mind Madelyn rolling the ball and getting other toys for her, but she didn't want much to do with Madelyn. Then Lily (we changed her name, she didn't respond to the name the humane society gave her - Fresca) jumps in my lap and touches my nose to her. She proceeds to rub all over Madelyn, and honestly I think Madelyn was scared...she didn't really know how to react. She pet and loved all over Lily; we were shocked. After talking about it, we decided to adopt her. We couldn't get her that night, due to church, then Thursday was Disney on Ice, so we went Friday after dinner & got her. The PetSmart adoptions are actually through the Shelby County Humane Society...we went once, and it was too depressing for me to go back. We think that PetSmart may have been the last resort for Lily. She had been with the humane society for more than 2 months. Lily is 3 years old, and I swear the sweetest, best cat in the world. She has the perfect balance of love and play. She's super lovey. Madelyn likes to grab her & lay her head on her, and Lily doesn't move. All the animals have adjusted well...I was terrified about that. She hasn't done more than look at the birds, she & Casper play together (although at first he wasn't too sure about her), and Daisy is, well, just Daisy with any animal. It has been so much easier than I could have ever imagined! She's perfect...except that I really don't think she can jump...

Here are some pictures of my sweet girly in her cute dress my mom made her, holding the pumpkin she picked out at the pumpkin patch.

Cheeeeze! Such a ham...

We let her go trick-or-treating this year, which consisted of visiting some neighbors - about 5 houses total - which filled her bag half full. And who gets to eat that candy?? Hm...

She insisted on wearing her costume from last year instead of her ladybug outfit she wore for church & Boo at the Zoo. Shockingly it still fit. Oh well, she was cute anyway, and I'm sure the ladybug will fit next year.

Last Thursday we went to Disney on Ice! Madelyn was fascinated. I was so glad she enjoyed it, especially since it didn't start unti the time she usually goes to bed. My dad, in his awesomeness, kept her so she could get a late nap, which helped tremendously. Of course, she fell asleep in the car, but she made it through the whole show.

This year was themed Disney Princess. I wanted her to wear her Cinderella outfit (which was actually supposed to be her Christmas present), but David insisted she dress up as Minnie Mouse. She was cute either way.

The look of wonderment.

Silly upside down girl at intermission...or maybe that's the look of delirium?

Everything was fabulous...until Sleeping Beauty. The dragon & fire on ice freaked her out, nearly to the point that she was inconsolable. Thankfully it was near the end, and we finally calmed her down enough to enjoy the rest of the show.

Cinderella was so pretty.

My Minnie Mouse!

So that has been our November so far. Madelyn was sick yesterday & today...I took off today & took her to the doctor, only to discover she had her first ear infection - boo. Now she's all medicated, and hopefully will feel better soon. This week will be all mixed up and full of doctors, since I'm also off Thursday for Veteran's Day, and David has a doctor's appointment that morning to have a cyst removed. Pray that all goes well with that, and that they don't have to schedule an outpatient surgery!