Future Cat Woman...aka The Hoarder.

This is Abigail. Let me preface this post by telling you all how much we love and adore her. She is truly a delightful character. With that in mind, she may be adorable but she has a serious problem. She is a hoarder and a collector. Even this morning when I asked to take her picture she insisted that it include her dog, purse and notebook which she has been carrying around in her arms all morning. She loves bags, Ziplocs, purses, backpacks, anything that can carry STUFF.

Give her twenty years and she will be surrounded by stacks of newspapers and a cat walking across her shoulders while thirty other cats purr at her feet and poop in her kitchen. Let me clarify a few things here.

She did not grow up during the depression.

Bullies do not steal her toys.

She even gets three meals a day on her very own plate, a bed to herself and even her own presents at birthdays and Christmas.

Today on our walk while the rest of us threw rocks into the stream she was gathering them in her arms and stuffing them into her pockets. She didn't throw even one. In the morning she couldn't care less what her bed looks like but at night she can't lie down to sleep until everything is folded and in its place...including the myriad of bags she has stuffed with random odds and ends...this is just one of them that I emptied out today and threw things away without her knowing...it consisted of (but definitely not limited to) little plastic dinosaurs, two sleeping eye masks, Valentine cards and a receipt from dinner three months ago.

So who is this phenomenal hoarder you ask? We wish we knew. Until then we will just tell ourselves that she is priming her abilities to become a great collector someday.

PS My baby who still is not back up to birth weight at almost 3 weeks old, has teeny tiny legs and a skinny body that was most recently likened unto Mr. Burns from the Simpsons...without the age spots.

PS again. We have a house in Oakdale, CT where we will be renting for the next two years or so. Nothin' fancy but it will do. Come visit us anytime. Clark received our household goods last weekend and with any luck will have us all unpacked and moved in with home fires burning by the time we arrive...right honey?

And while we're not on the subject, can someone explain to me why this woman is nursing a baby in a wedding dress? (I came across it on a website where I was researching an herbal supplement that I have started taking to increase my milk supply that has been found greatly lacking with this baby--possible side effects may include an increased libido in men, or in women: your sweat and urine smelling like maple syrup and curry...mmmm, doesn't it make you want to sit by me on a public bus or stand very close to me in an elevator?...I'll let you know how that goes.)