Did I Just Become A Cat Person?!

Weekly Reflection 04/06• 04/12 2026

Baby’s First Real School Break!

**Fallon’s First Spring Break Experience**

Monday was Fallon’s 1st day of her 1st Spring Break ever! Since Jonny and I both had to work, I took her to Grandma Ginny’s in the morning. She is always elated to go to grandmas. She misses her every day and wishes she could still go there every day like she did before she started going to school.

While we got ready to leave this morning, she (excitedly) told me about how she had snuck out of bed last night to pack her bag full of babies that she wanted to take to grandmas today. She said she was very careful because she didn’t want to set the camera off (the baby camera in her room) and have Jonny and I see her packing her bag in the middle of the night. She seriously couldn’t be cuter.

Jonny got off early during training at his new job, so grandma brought Fal home around noon.

The rest of the day was the usual: Fallon hung out and played, Jonny picked up groceries, and I worked until 5. Nothing crazy, but it was relaxing and I was able to get a lot of cleaning and organizing done this evening in preparation for Finley Brett.

Oh, a memory for Fallon: she caught a roly poly outside this afternoon and she spent most of the evening taking care of him in his new home (a bug catcher she had). She held him a bunch and told him she loves him and he’d be okay (because we told her he might be scared). She named him Blankey and put him in her window so he can get some sunlight. She gave him leaves and grass and put her Toni on for him so he’d have something to listen to before bed. I am seriously obsessed with her.

A Week With All The Grandmas

**Spring Break Fun Continues!**

Fallon went to meme’s house for the day on Tuesday, Jonny took her in the morning.

She had an AMAZING time, I knew she would I appreciate so much that Jonny’s mom will send me photos throughout the day while she has Fallon with her. It’s like I was right there with her. They got a happy meal and then headed over to my moms work to surprise her with flowers (just because, like how wholesome is that?) They played hide & seek, they painted, and Fallon got to play with the girls who live next door. They had a little girls day joy-ride in their “jeep”.

It all makes me so happy.

The only downside of the entire day is that I was 48 hours into not having my anxiety medication because my doctor forgot to send in what I take right now (not my usual OCD meds, just something for anxiety that I can take during pregnancy), so during my lunch break shower, I had a full on, out of nowhere, crash out over nothing. I was crying uncontrollably and had the hardest time calming down. It was all of a sudden and from nothing other than random overthinking about literally anything and everything. It eventually passed and I messaged my doctor to ask that my prescription be sent in asap.

My acid reflux has been the worst, but I’d take that over the anxiety outbursts any day.

Late Tuesday update: Fallon slept in our bed with us because Blankey died and she was having a really hard time..it was heartbreaking and I could barely take it.

Not the Best Day Ever

**Panic Attacks & No Meds**

It was quite the Wednesday.

Since Jonny went in later again today, he took Fallon to grandmas. It has been nice being able to stay in bed a little longer than usual. Especially since I don’t sleep well these days. Nothing crazy, just the common can’t-get-comfortable-because-my-stomach-is-officially-in-the-way debacle.

Work was the same, but around 1 o’clock I had to email my boss and ask if I could clock out early for the day.

I couldn’t call her because I had just finished crashing out from another anxiety attack and if I tried to talk to her in person, it would have restarted the breakdown.

I had to ask about leaving early because I couldn’t sit at my desk and work. My anxiety was out of control and I couldn’t get it to calm down this time.

Thankfully, and much to my relief, I got the text that my refill was ready. I didn’t have the car because Jonny had to take it to the office while his is in the shop, so I asked him to grab my medication on the way home and he did.

I’m technically supposed to take it at night, but I took it right away. The withdrawal has been too much.

Grandma brought Fallon home around 2:3o PM and, while I waited, I ate some pot roast that Jonny made. 10/10…just like everything he cooks. So delicious.

I spent the rest of the evening lying in bed, letting my meds kick in, and watching trash tv. Fallon laid with me for a bit and played on her tablet (I switched my show to a PG movie…duh lol…the baby doesn’t need to be watching Southern Charm.) Jonny and I watched Dinner for Schmucks before going to bed early.

She’s Back, Baby

Today was already a night and day difference compared to yesterday.

Just the one dose of medication, yesterday afternoon, had huge improvements. I am already feeling back to normal and not even CLOSE to how emotional, overwhelmed, and anxiety ridden I felt yesterday.

Fallon hung out with Grandma Ginny and Grandma Debi today, so I know she was spoiled rotttteeennnnn.

We all love grandma and grandma so much.

They brought Fal home around 3 and when I finished up with work at 5, we had dinner, cleaned up the house a bit, and relaxed. Honestly, the days are pretty chill lately because I don’t have much energy and I’ve had some pelvic pain. I lie down when I can and Fallon is always sweet enough to hang out with me.

Work has been going great for Jonny and he is excited about starting his training out of town next week.

That being said…there was one surprise that came up today…

Around 2 PM my sister texted me and asked if we want an orange kitten they found at her work.

Now…Jonny and I are not cat people, we are dog people and if it were still just the 2 of us, I don’t think anyone would even think to ask us if we wanted a kitten…HOWEVER…our turkey is a cat person and she has been begging for a kitten since she started speaking.

We had told her that if my cousins outdoor cat had kittens this year, we would take one.

We thought maybe she would forget that we mentioned it…

She never did….

She never will lol…

We had a long discussion and, ultimately, decided to adopt the kitten. We had a talk with Fallon and she will be in charge of feeding him/her and getting it water when it is old enough to use bowls and eat normal food.

Right now, he is so new that he is bottle fed.

They are unsure of the gender and one of my siblings coworkers found it at their house when their dog kept barking at their crawlspace door. They opened it up and the kitten was alone inside.

The plan for tomorrow is to go about our usual day (Jonny is taking Fallon to Grandmas and I am working), then, when I am done working for the day, we will pick the kitten up. The person watching it now has some extra formula and a bottle so we will hold off on buying more until Saturday morning.

I also have to mention what really did me in as far as my decision on the adoption:

Fallon, after being dropped off at home by my grandma’s, came up to my office and, out of nowhere (I hadn’t told her about my sister mentioning any kitten to me) asked me if we could go get her a kitten today. She hasn’t mentioned it in a while so I was completely caught off guard and thought somehow she must have known about the kitten that was found. But nope, it was a crazy coincidence and I’m not big on “coincidences” I am a “it’s a sign” kind of person.

What are the odds? It is meant to be.

So This Happened!

**Bean Came Home With Us**

It was a longgggg and boring Friday…

Until…

WE PICKED UP OUR NEW KITTEN!

Here he is:

He is literally the size of a teddy bear hamster. The photos do not even begin to show how small he is. I was a bit taken aback when we first saw him because I didn’t expect him to be SO small.

I say “he” assuming he is a boy because 80% of orange cats are boys, but we can’t take him to the vet until Monday to confirm. They are all closed over the weekend and we picked him up after 5.

Brandee, Fallon, and I went to get him from my sisters coworker at their place of work and then, although I had planned to work on my blog and content while Brandee worked on hers and we did our usual Friday night Rom-Com, I spent the whole of the night learning to bottle feed and bathe him. He is only 3 weeks old (that’s my guess after some research).

Fallon slept in our room because the kitten is sleeping in our room, of course (he is way to small to be on his own yet), so it was a crowded bed with me, Fallon, and Jonny. I woke up every 2 hours to feed the kitten and I guess that gets me back into the swing of things for when Finley arrives lol.

I got about 3 hours of sleep between feeding the new fur baby and Jonny’s consistent snoring.

Fallon insists on naming him Lollipop if he’s a girl and Blueberry if he’s a boy…I’m trying to convince her to think of other names, so we’ll see. 😂🍭🫐

Saturday

We spent our Saturday at home, taking care of the kitten and cleaning the house a bit.

My parents came by to see him, but other than that it was an uneventful, kitten-packed Saturday.

Fallon and I did come to a compromise on his name. We have named him Bean 🫘 and Fallon has nicknamed him Beanie (like a Beanie Baby). <3 It suits him perfectly.

And holy cow he is so cute.

Sunday

I ran to Goodwill with my sister in the morning. Didn’t find anything notable.

Fallon, Pip, and Bean, all stayed home with Jonny and when I got home I relaxed in bed before we went to my parents house for dinner while the guys watched the Masters. I was up on and off all night again since Bean is bottle fed, but it is worth it.

My sister, brother-in-law, niece, nephew, mom, and dad were all at my parents and it was amazing outside. I did run to PetSmart before we ate to pick up formula for Bean. The

one I had got from Walmart was too thin and came out of the bottle too fast.

We all got home and went to bed. A relaxing, family-centered Sunday to wrap up the week. And the cheddar, Jalapeno brats with dads mac-n-cheese on the side was just what my pregnancy cravings needed…

Reminder to myself: Post the recipe for dads Mac and moms Buffalo Chicken Dip. 🥫

• Weekly Highlight: Brining Bean home
• Weekly Rating: 9/10, there was definitely enough “good” to outweigh the panic/anxiety attacks
• Goal Progress? Yes, progress was made towards my goals this week.