I love my brothers!

JC enjoying the outdoors 10/29/12

 Keagan just loves his brothers.  He now knows how to make the sign for baby and when we ask him where the baby is, he signs baby and points to my belly.  He 'talks' to his brother through my belly button and has to press on it to make sure his brother knows he is there. I think he may not be so excited when the baby actually comes home from the hospital but we keep explaining that he will be lots of fun to play with in about a year.  Lets hope this is the correct prediction:)

 So in the mean time his brother JC is filling in the gap before his brother gets here but unfortunately JC will not likely be here when baby brother comes home.  He got sick about a week ago and we found out his is in liver failure likely due to cancer.  He is responding to the medication right now but the prognosis is not good.  It will be sad to lose my first little boy as JC was my first very own pet from college.  We have been through a lot together and I could not have asked for a better cat to help raise Keagan.  They seemed to bond immediately when we brought Keagan home from the hospital and JC would sit right next to me many of the nights I was up nursing Keagan. JC never seemed to mind the new baby - instead it was just another person for JC to love.  I will really miss having my friend by my side when the second baby comes home.

I love my brother and can pat his so nice!

Leaning in for the kiss :)

 JC and Keagan have been playing together for as long as I can remember.  JC would come and sit next to us before Keagan could even sit up and I think he started petting JC when he was about 6 weeks old.  Once Keagan was mobile he could go and pet JC any time he wanted and for the most part JC played along.  JC was always patient with Keagan but Keagan's favorite pose involved laying on top of JC. This wasn't so bad until Keagan started to get over 20 pounds.  Now JC gets up quickly and moves away when Keagan starts to lay down.  JC has never been a mean kitty and tried to bite Keagan - he just leaves when he has had enough.

Let's go outside JC!

 Of course this summer one of the boys favorite activities was going outside to play.  Keagan would "round up JC" in the yard.  Acutally we would  call JC and he would come to us but we would tell Keagan first to go and get JC.  Keagan thought it was so cool that he could "chase" JC to us.  The two of them would go around the yard together and just have a great time together. If they were together I did not worry too much about what the boys were up to.  JC even taught Keagan how to do a sneaky move under a little ledge by the house.  They made a great pair this summer.

As you can tell we all will miss JC horribly when he goes.  It is very hard to think of him not being in our lives any more. It is much better to record our memories before we lose him as I know that it will be a hard time for me once he goes.   I know that JC would have loved little Yu2 just as much as Keagan but life moves on.  Hopefully Keagan will only be without a brother for a small amount of time.