Welcome!

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to our family blog! My intentions for this blog are simple, to keep our far-flung friends and family updated on our newest adventure- first time parenthood! I promised a few faraway friends that I would start a blog as soon as I was in my 2nd trimester, and well, it's a little early still (a week and a half away!) but I am keeping my promise!


First things first, a little about the members of our family:

Jordan is my wonderful husband. He works for the Hartford Insurance Company as a Commercial Claims adjuster and does very well there. He is a very gifted writer and also enjoys playing video games and guitar in his spare time.

I myself work at Marcus & Millichap in downtown Chicago, it's a commercial real estate investment brokerage firm, but I basically just babysit a bunch of grown men all day (I'm the office manager ;) ). I love to ride bikes when it's warm, garden, and cook.

This is Fezerton Pinkybottom and Mila Marie. They are pretty much inseperable, so I will describe them together. Fez (The black cat) spends most of his day sleeping in a chair. He's a big boy. We rescued Fezzy from the mean streets of Phoenix when he was just a starving baby kitten, and now he lives the good life. He will be turning 4 this year. Fezzy got a little lonely, so we got another kitten, Mila, in 2008 after moving to Chicago. They love eachother immeasurably and cuddle all the time. Mila enjoys sitting in the windowsill and observing the birds during the day. She's an excellent watchcat ;)

Oatmeal Spunkmeyer, AKA "Oatie" joined the Alton family in April of 2008. He made his momma fall in love with him when he was just a wee pup at a Farmers Market in Phoenix. He's a little cuddlebug and he loves curling up next to people and getting petted. Oatie loves playing with his beloved frisbee, so much that we can't let him see it when we are not going outside to play, because he will just cry until he gets it.

Bosco Pantsman is the lastest addition to the animal kingdom that is our home, he's a Boston Terrier pup and will be turning one year old this summer. He's a rowdy little man, but also a total sweetheart. He loves to play with his brother and terrorize the cats. He gets VERY jealous when he feels his brother is getting more attention than him :)

This is the newest addition to the Alton household! Baby Alton is currently almost 11 weeks old in Mommas belly. Little Alton has not been so nice to Momma over the past couple of months, but I forgive him/her ;) We should know whether baby Alton is a little boy or girl by the end of April- we can't wait! The little one is due on September 26th, and we are VERY excited to have a little Fall baby. Most that know us know that we are just a little partial to the Fall season ;)

Well, that's the Altons in a nutshell! Stay posted for updates on Baby Alton as we get them!

Love,

Alecia, Jordan, and the Zoo