Welcome to the family!

Today my fiance and I decided to go to the Humane League to check out the cats there. We thought we were going to just be looking, but we thought wrong. I’d like to introduce you all to Tigger!

    We wanted to get another cat so that Mia has a friend and we didn’t want to wait too long to get another one. When we first got Mia, we were afraid that her and Milo wouldn’t get along. At first they didn’t and Milo would his at her every time he saw her. So I don’t care if people tell me that it was too soon for us to get another cat, we feel that it wasn’t. It isn’t like we are replacing Milo. No cat will ever be able to replace Milo, ever! After the way Mia is acting towards Tigger, we are so glad that we got him when we did because she has been hissing at him a bit. If we would have waited any longer to get another cat, things could have been a lot worse!!

We were going to leave Tigger in the box for a little bit and let Mia smell it. But Tigger kept meowing so we let him out. Here is a picture of their first look at each other! So cute! Tigger just wanted to explore his new home.

And Mia doesn’t seem to want anything to do with him. It is just like when Mia was the new kitten! And Tigger, he doesn’t seem to care one bit. He has been too busy exploring.

And here is a picture of one of the first times Mia hissed at Tigger. She’s hissing at Tigger just like Milo hissed at her. Except she isn’t hissing at him as much as Milo hissed at her.

       

Now Tigger is sleeping on the couch right beside me. I’m glad that’s where he is cause otherwise I’d have to be following him around like I was earlier to make sure he doesn’t go to the bathroom anywhere besides the litter box. I have to work later tonight and my fiance just left recently to go play airsoft, so I’m going to have to put Tigger in the bathroom with some food and water. We don’t want to leave them alone with each other until we are sure that they will get along.

It took a little while for Milo and Mia to get used to each other and they eventually did. They were best friends!! Here are some pictures I got of them last week.

 

And here is the last picture that I took of Milo…

Mommy and daddy miss you Milo…and we always will!!! No cat can ever replace you!!! You were our first kitten together and you will never be forgotten!!!

Pets really are like family…

I hate that I’m having to write this, but we lost our kitty, Milo. I was just sitting out on the couch and all of a sudden I heard some crying noises. At first I thought it was coming from Mia. So I went back to the room and looked under the bed. I found Mia under there, but not Milo. When I came back up, I noticed him on the bed and he wasn’t moving. I started freaking out. I didn’t know what to do. He didn’t look like he was alive. I called my step-mom, my dad, my aunt, and my fiance. All of them were at work. My aunt called me back and I told her what happened. She said that she would talk to her boss about leaving work to come to me so she did. She went back and looked at him and confirmed what I was afraid of. This really goes to show that he was more than just a pet, he was family. I knew that I would be too much of a mess to call the vet so when my step-mom called back, my aunt wanted to talk to her and she told her I couldn’t call the vet. So now my step-mom is on her way over and is waiting for the vet to call back to tell us what we should do next.

He was only 9 months…actually 9 months tomorrow. He was too young to go. My aunt thinks maybe it was a seizure or a birth defect that went undetected. We have no idea how or why it happened. I just still can’t believe it…my little baby Milo is gone.

SYTYCD- LA Auditions

This week the auditions took place in Los Angeles. What I’ve decided to do for my So You Think You Can Dance posts is to just write about the dancers who stuck out to me rather than comment on every single audition. That will make my post a lot shorter since the audition shows are 2 hours long!!

The first one who caught my attention was Alexa Anderson. She auditioned last year and made it to Vegas but cut right before the top 20. I thought that she was really good! She made it to Vegas so maybe this year she will make it to the top 20!

I also liked Eliana Girard who is a pole dancer. She has great form and is just fantastic! The judges thought so, too, because she got a standing ovation!!

The Ninja Twins, also known as Nick and James Aragon, are hilarious!! But unfortunately, they are 32 and the age cutoff is 30 so they aren’t able to be on the show. They should get their own TV show! And their dancing was awesome!! If only they would have auditioned 2 years earlier!!

Sam Lenarz is another on that I think is really good! And what is incredible about her is that 6 months before she auditioned, she came home from dance and her mom had packed her room up and kicked her out! Luckily she had a friend whose family was willing to take her in and give her a place to live. I can’t imagine a mother just kicking her daughter out of her house! She was put through to choreography and she made it to Vegas!

Another contestant I found interesting was David Matz. He performed with some kind of ring kind of like a hula hoop but a lot bigger. He was put through to choreography because they would like to see him dance without the ring. He thought it was too difficult so he’s not going to Vegas this time around.

Jasmine Mason and her brother Marshea were the next 2 contestants to catch my attention. Marshea has tried out for SYTYCD for the past 3 years and since then, things have changed dramatically for him. Both Jasmine and Marshea were in a car accident and when they talked about it, their mother said that he was pronounced dead upon arrival. So I had thought that meant he had passed away. It turns out he was in a coma for 2 days and came out of the coma just 6 weeks before his audition! That is incredible!! They both made it through to Vegas!!

That wraps up this week of auditions. Next week they go to Atlanta! Leave me your comments on this weeks auditions!