Brody

Yes, we're alive over here in the Morrill household.  I've been extremely sick and haven't had the energy or desire to blog.  Also, there's been nothing to blog about because all I've done is lay around the house for 10 days!  Thankfully Parker stepped up and helped a ton with the house and the kids.  I am finally starting to feel better, not 100%, but better.  Since we've done nothing of note the past week I decided it'd be a good time to blog about our wonderful family kitty, Brody! 

 

Parker (who "doesn't like cats") spent 3 days at the humane society before picking Brody, and surprising me our first Christmas together with him.  We fell in love with him immediately.  Anyone who knows him loves him, even if they're not "a cat person."  In many ways he's more like a dog than a cat.  He is NOT skiddish, he is very friendly and social.  He loves kids and sits there patiently as kids "pet" him, lay on him, ride him, pinch him, etc.  He always wants to be where the action is.  He loves car rides and doesn't need to be in a cat carrier or anything, which is good considering he's accompanied Parker in UHAULS going from Oregon to Utah, Utah to Oregon, Oregon to Utah, Utah to Virginia, Virginia to Utah, then back to Virginia!  He can balance on his back feet really good, jump super high, and can open doors with handles.  He is very smart.  He is also extremely loving and cuddly.  Here are some pics of him...

 

 

Him and Josh have always been close, Brody sleeps with him most nights...

 

Cuddling with Parker...

 Sleeping with Joshy under the covers...

 This is his new favorite spot on our new couch...

Haha, he was in trouble for sneaking some turkey off Tyce's plate so he jumped on top of the kitchen cabinets...

 Can you spot the kitty?  He loves to sleep in our hall closet (making a mess of all the towels)...

A couple months ago poor Brody came home with a huge gash on the side of his face, we don't know what happened but we took him to the emergency vet clinic and they fixed him up.  When the vet came to talk to me she went on and on about what an amazing cat he is.  "He is amazing mam, he doesn't bite, wiggle, growl, or anything he just sits there while we work on him!" 

 Sleeping with Josh again, can you tell he likes to be as CLOSE as possible??

Another interesting thing about Brody is he will only drink from sink faucets.  He actually is quite picky and only likes drinking out of PARKER'S sink faucet.  He lets the water trickle down his paw then licks it off his paw.  So weird!  Sometimes in the middle of the night he'll wake up poor Josh so Josh will go turn the water on for him, haha then Josh goes back to bed and I wake up to the sound of the water dripping out of the faucet!  The worst part is that after he's done drinking he will shake his wet paw and get water all over the mirror! 

Brody is such a special kitty and has been an important part of our family for the past 9 years.  Lately he has been having accidents outside of his litter box.  We've taken him to the vet and there is nothing wrong, medically, with him.  We're hoping it does not continue because if it does we will have to put him down.  WE LOVE YOU BRODY!!!

The twins have their second basketball game (no I didn't get pics at the first game, it was all I could do to get there!) on Saturday so I'll take some pics and post them soon.  :)