Heavy

Some of you know already, but Monday night our family cat, Heavy went missing. He went outside around 8:30 and never came back.
Heavy has been with Jeremy longer than I have. I have never been a cat lover (I blame that on my Dad), but with Heavy I made and exception...just kidding, he was a good boy, and at times he acted more like a dog than a cat. As much as I would complain about the litter and his constant shedding, I wasn't ready for him to leave us.
So, Tuesday morning when I woke up and he still wasn't there, I waited for Aubrey to show up and for my babies to wake up and we walked around the neighbor hood, I was afraid that he wonder off to pass on, and I was afraid that Drew and I would find his lifeless body laying in a bush somewhere so we decided to come home. Later that morning, I saw Todd (one of Jeremy's co-workers) driving around...yep he was looking for Heavy too. Jeremy got home and 12:00 and Aubrey left at that same time, so the four of us looked around some more...still no Heavy.
Wednesday morning I woke up and went running to the back door to see if he was there, nope still no Heavy. Jeremy had the day off so he went walking around the neighbor hood again...and still no Heavy. I called every Vet in town and up to the police station...still no Heavy. That evening when I drove around looking for him with no luck. Every time we went outside we would call for him, but nothing.
One of the Vets that I spoke with gave me some hope, she told me that "yes pets do hide when they no that they are sick and they are dying, but the hide in a familiar place, i.e. under beds. And cat go by sight and not smell, so if he did wonder off it would take him longer to get home." Some relief, but this just wasn't like him.
Today, Thursday, Jeremy had to work at 5:00am, Tyson was starting to fuss about 4:00 and I heard Jeremy go in and claim him down, then I heard him go to the kitchen. While he was in the kitchen I heard "Heavy" every so lightly, then I heard him open up that back door and scream "Heavy", and then "Oh Heavy where have you been?"
I am very glad to report that Heavy came home to us a little after 4:00am he is fine, was hungry, but is fine, and we are all glad to have him home!

Scare

Well, as a mother I had my first big scare the other night with Tyson. Jeremy was working late last night and I always try to have the boys asleep before he gets home, otherwise they are so excited to see him that they end up staying up way too late. I put Tyson to bed early, he was fussing and rubbing his eyes so off to bed he went. I could hear him in their talking for a bit, but then all of a sudden he let out the worst cry that has ever come from him. I went running into his bedroom and he had his leg stuck (up to his knee) between two bars. His upper body was so twisted that I was scared if he twisted anymore he was going to snap his leg. I tried to move it and it was not budging, I put Drew in the crib with him so he could hold him still while I ran to get some lotion. I lathered his leg up with lotion, wouldn't move, so I put more lotion on, and it still won't move. I am thinking what am I going to do? If I have to call Jeremy it will take at least 10 minutes for him to get here, so I decided to put lotion on one more time and this time it comes free. After getting his leg free it took me about 45 minutes to calm him down, I bet the neighbors thought that I had beat him, they way he was screaming.

After getting him calmed down and back to sleep I called my in-laws, and they got me calmed down. I was worried he might have twisted his knee, and they told me all of the sings I should look for the next morning.

The next morning when he woke, the incident did not slow him down one bit. He has two bruises on either side of his knee, but all and all his leg is perfectly fine.

Henry Doorly Zoo, Our Friend

Drew looking at a turtle shell

Ty looking at some fur...can't remember what this is

Izzy and Drew with a fake lizard

Ty's turn to touch

Drew and Ty with our nieces Izzy and Ally









Gorilla Time









Jeremy and Drew on the train ride

Ty on the train

Mom decided to take a nap on the train

Feeding time for the penguins

From DrewBear to RingBear

The boys looking oh so handsome


Drew hiding from me

Walking into the Church

"No Pictures Please"

Double Trouble-Ally and Drew

Father of the Bride-Uncle Jim

The Bride, Groom, and Mintken Family

Drew walking down the aisle

Father and Bride

Drew standing with his cousins...that is what he kept calling Casey and Korby

Mr. and Mrs. Kuhr

Ally and Izzy walking back down the aisle

Izzy

Ally

Ally and Drew shaking their groove thing

Drew doing the mashed potato

Ally, Drew, and Ty

Chunk towards the end of the night, but still has a smile on his face

Trip to Nebraska

Thursday morning the four of us left for Nebraska (for my cousins wedding) around 10:00AM, we only managed to stop twice during our five hour trip. The trip back to Nebraska was for Lexie's wedding (my cousin) but we had so much planned for the four days there.

Our first stop on Thursday was in Tekamah to visit Grandma, Rich and Carol. We visited with them for a few hours then headed to Blair to drop our things off at Jim and Shelly's and change.

After we left Jim and Shelly's we headed to Omaha for the wedding rehearsal (oh yes I forgot to mention, Drew was the ring bear). When we pulled up to the church Drew was all excited because there was a race car in the parking lot (a corvette) and little did we know that it belonged to Tim (Lexie's soon to be husband). During the rehearsal I wonder how well Drew would do the next day. He walked down the aisle pretty well with Izzy and Ally, but did not want to stand up at the front...maybe if he warmed up to Casey and Korby he would? After rehearsal we were off for the dinner, during the dinner Tim and Lexie gave Drew two Ninja Turtles...and a ride in Tim's race car.

Friday Drew had to be at the church at 2:30 for pictures. He fell asleep on the way there and when he had to wake him up he was a bear...didn't want to get dressed or have his pictures taken. The wedding started at 6:00 and he did a great job, he even stood up front with Casey and Korby. After the wedding we went on to the reception, Jeremy and the boys made it until about 9:30 and they headed back to the hotel.

Saturday we spent most of the day at the zoo and that evening we grilled with the Mintken's

Sunday we ate breakfast with Jim and Shelly and headed to Tekamah. We visited with Grandma and Carol and when Rich got home from Church we all headed out for lunch at a new restaurant in town which happened to be Mom's old salon. After lunch it was time to head home, we made it home around 7:00 which gave us enough time for dinner, baths, and bed.

This is the short summary of the weekend. I will add some more posts from the wedding and the zoo.

Love ya all,
Megan