What's in a name?

So, my new, pretty little girl of mine officially has a name:

A dream come true!

So, I'm still wondering if I'm dreaming, but, I know I'm not. I got a new job on Tuesday and I LOVE it!!! I'm finally working with dogs! It is so hard to get into the 'animal industry'. I now work at City Pet Club, or CPC for short. It's pretty much a day care for kids, but with dogs, who also sometimes spend the night, and there is also cats. There's lunch time, nap time, play time, the occasional fight you need to break up, it sounds just like kids, right? In this case, volunteering with NMHP was definitely worth it! Not that volunteering anywhere is ever not worth it, but, I can now get paid to do something I love.

New Ford Family Members!

Here are our 4th and 5th new members of our family.

D'artagnan

 and

Pippin

Can't tell what Pippin is? He's a hedgehog. Why did we get him? Ask Dallin. He's the one that wanted him.

I am WAY outnumbered in this house now! Oh well, good thing I love all my boys. :)

Sophie Stardust and Oreo.

It's been just over 3 weeks since Yoda died. Seems like so much more time has elapsed since then. 

Almost a week ago, on November 28th, Dallin and I had a fight. I hadn't eaten all day, so, that was just more fuel on the fire. (I'm one of those that "has" to leave to cool off.) I said I was going to leave about 3 times until I finally did. So, I stormed out determined to go cool off and to satisfy my hunger. On my way out of the neighborhood, I almost ran a cat over. (I've ran over a cat before and its way sad so, I'm more aware now when I drive.) I stopped and this cat just would not move. So, I decided to hop out of the car and walk towards it... surely that would send the cat scampering away. NOPE. This cat, instead, greets me and starts head-butting my legs and rubbing against me. So, I turn on my hazards so other cars knew I was stopped and I picked this cat up and moved it to the side walk so no one else would almost hit her. When we reach the sidewalk, she simply kept rubbing my legs. How could you be livid when something so sweet just loves you? I was fuming when I left the house and she instantaneously put out the fire that had been raging inside my chest just moments before. 

I didn't know what to do in that moment. I didn't want to leave her, so, I looked around and did not see a soul in sight so, I decided to take her with me. I continued on to Subway. She climbed every square inch of my car on the drive over. Then I had the problem of not knowing what I was going to do when I returned home. I wound up calling Dallin and told him to come out to my car. There, we decided that we would take her in and see if we could find some owners. We figured she had to be owned because for 1. she is still very young, for 2. she is super friendly and sweet, and for 3. she is a Scottish Fold; which is a very expensive cat breed.

Tonight, I received a call from a woman saying that she found our Found Cat Ad on KSL, and sure enough, Sophie Stardust (our would-be chosen name for her if no one claimed her) or Oreo, her real name, was their cat; or her daughters cat. 

 It's just peculiar that I happen to find her by almost running her over, after Dallin and I had a fight, me leaving the fight the moment I did, Yoda dying almost 2 weeks before, and Dallin saying that the only cat he would want after Yoda is a Scottish Fold and I happen to almost run over one?! I seriously just can't believe the timing of it all. We may have only had her here for 6 days, but, I can't help but to feel that she was meant to come into our lives; even if it was only for a short time. The more I think about it, the more blessed I feel. I just feel good that I was able to 'pass it forward' by helping someone re-claim their lost, beloved pet. I say 'pay it forward' because almost 2 years ago, I lost my Gizmo. If it wasn't for a kind soul and KSL, I never would have gotten him back! 

Thank you, OREO for crossing my path and entering our lives.

Ode to Yoda and his 'Master'

I am a very open person; when something bothers me, I vent or write. My husband is very much the opposite of me; he internalizes everything. This is his first loss of this magnitude and, on the surface he looks fine, but, I think he is hiding a lot of pain that he doesn't want anyone to see; and I can only (kind of) tell by the few glimpses I've seen. Him and I handle sorrow and loss differently, and, I don't really know how to help him get over this. It makes my heart ache for him... I am sad about this, too, but, Yoda was his cat, his baby - not mine. I think the biggest struggle is that we will never actually know how he died. Perfectly fine and healthy, and the next day, we find him dead. At least he looked like he passed peacefully in his sleep, but, we'll never know. 

 Dallin loved and adored his buddy; can't you tell? 

I can even tell that Gizmo is missing his friend. I've noticed he isn't eating as much since Yoda left us. When they would cuddle with each other or play, I would always call them Ying and Yang.

Sometimes, I still can't believe that Mia is gone. The thing thats really hard about this is that we lost both of them with in about a year and half of each other. That really is the hardest part....

The biggest thing that has helped Dallin so far was when we saw Puss in Boots on Friday. We are by no means cartoon lovers, or even big Disney fans; we LOVE our Marvel and Super Hero movies that have been coming out, but, Dallin simply giggled through out the movie. It helped lighten our minds and our hearts. 

This is one of the scenes (that someone drew) from the movie. All we could think of was that Yoda is in heaven with Mia and they are playing together waiting for us to come home, eagerly waiting to greet us. 

We miss them so much