Monday, April 29, 2013

A Day in the Life....

Jinx Weighs just over 1 pound.
Runs all over the place. 
IF ANYONE goes into the kitchen, he thinks it's food time.
His eyes are turning from blue to green.

Jinxie had an exciting day. He cuddled up with Boomer on the cat bench for quite a while. 
Boomer cleaned jinx's face for a bit...
jinx played on the couch with Daddy..
Had some "Jail Time" in the baby cage in the kitchen so his brothers could eat dinner.
And ended the night passed out on mommy.



Sunday, April 28, 2013

Soft Kitty

Mr. Jinx
**4 Weeks and 2 Days Old and weighs a whopping 1 Lb!
**He can run full speed for about 30 feet
**Knows that food comes from the kitchen and follows anyone who entered relentlessly!
**Gets baths from his brother Boomer!

Jinxie woke up at 4:30 am this morning and boy was he hungry! He was face deep in a bowl full of kitty formula before 5 and we tried to get back to sleep.
 He weighs one whole pound!
 He got some cuddles from his Grandpa today.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Little Ball of Fur

Jinx is on day 2 and he's doing really well.
Jinx is 4 weeks and 1 day old.
He weighs 14 ounces.
He can run from the living room to the kitchen before he gets tired.
He loves to eat and cuddle with his brothers.
He woke up this morning and was still kind of sleepy. He took a nap on Mommy...
Then he had some Mommy time.
He had some 2nd breakfast and it was more on his face than in his belly! :)
When this little guy is out... he is OUT! He has the cutest little toes!

Had a little more sleepy time with Mommy and bonded with Boomer.
 Sleeping with his hand on Daddy's beard.
  Having a little more brother bonding time with Spot and Boomer.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Jinx 4 Weeks

We've been talking about adopting a new kitten since we lost Teddy in November, I guess today was the day. I got up this morning and checked Craigslist. Voila! There he was. We did have to dive to Suffolk to get him... but he will be worth it!

JINX WIGGS
4 Weeks Old
Weighs 12 Ounces
He's eating baby milk and a little bit of Kitten Wet Food.
He can run about 4 feet before he has to stop.
He sleeps about 20 hours a day.
Boomer and Spot are currently undecided if they will allow him to remain in the house.

Here he is with his brothers and sisters. He's the little light yellow one in the top right. Next is Jinx in my lap in the car on the ride home. He was meowing and meowing almost the whole 25 miles. He finally calmed down and relaxed a bit.. just long enough to realize that he was warm and decided to take a nap.

Here's the boy in the car...

 We gave him a bath when we got home.. We saw one flea, so better safe than sorry.
 Jinxie's had a rough day... He's going to be napping for a while.

He had a little dinner... and then got tired.
And got tired again. He's had a long day!

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Francis Land Historic Home

We needed something to do today, so we decided to head over to a local historical site and see what it was. We've lived here for so long and had driven by a million times and had never stopped.



The house was built circa 1805, but the property was deeded to the Land family since the early 1630's and was originally surrounded by hundreds of acres of farmland. The home that sits on the site is that of the homestead of Francis Land IV. He was a wealthy man and plantation owner in the Princess Anne County area of Virginia, now known as Virginia Beach.

The architecture of the outside is classic Georgian and the internal is revised to Federal style. The Francis Land Family only lived in this house until 1819 when the Francis and his wife died. The home stayed with the two Land daughters until about 1851 when it was sold to a non family member. It was a farm, a dairy farm, and eventually in the 1920's a fine ladies dress shop. Virginia Beach City stepped in and bought the house and it's surrounding 7 acres and created the museum in 1986. The house is officially listed as a Virginia Historical Landmark

The tree to the left was a three pronged tree and was struck by lightening. An arborist attempted to save the tree by filling the joint with cement and bricks. It's nearly grown over the bricks and the tree was saved! It was an interesting place and I really enjoyed the afternoon.

:) Michelle

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Thoroughgood House I

Today, after we went to Fort Story to see the Cape Henry Lighthouse, www headed over to the Adam Thoroughgood House. Daleena has never been there.










Afternoon at Fort Story

This afternoon, we drove (with Daleena) to Fort Story to see the Cape Henry Lighthouse.
*It's the brick one on the hill to the right.
The Cape Henry Lighthouse was built in 1792. 
THe view from the top of the non-functioning lighthouse.
Walked across the street to the First Landing Park Area.

 Except for the gigantic cross, it was pretty cool.