cat named pig

Or at least, that was how Matt explained to Siena this morning that we started this site one year ago. The resulting conversation was no less than what I expected:

Siena: You mean it’s Piggy’s birthday?!?

Matt: No, not Pig, our website catnamedpig. Our website is one year old today. On the computer. Where we post pictures and stories.

Siena: When is Piggy’s birthday?

Matt: Sometime in May, we think.

Siena [counts on fingers]: January, February, Ma-arch, April, May — MAY!

Matt: Yep, Piggy’s birthday is in May. And today is our website’s anniversary.

Siena: What’s an anniversary?

It was at this point that my head exploded and I could not listen any longer, but you get the idea. One year ago today, I posted a picture of Matt with the cat on his back (a self-portrait, no less — he is truly talented) and a greeting to the one person who knew of this site’s existence at the time.

And now, catnamedpig.com would like to officially celebrate its first anniversary by thanking some of the people who have contributed to its continued existence: 

• Siena, who has dictated plenty (much more than we’ve been able to record, but if you look at her page, you get a glimpse of it). 
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• Elliot, who finally has a few words of his own to add to the conversation.  Plus plenty of adorable photo opportunities.
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• Lisa, recipient of the greeting in this site’s very first post – her unwavering encouragement, nay, demands that I start a blog provided the motivation to actually go ahead and do it already.
• Sara, mother of Avery and basically a member of the catnamedpig family – not only did her daughter contribute to some of the most memorable stories posted here, but Sara also assumed the unofficial role of Catnamedpig PR Director, forwarding the link to so many friends, relatives, and employees of a certain downtown law firm that I felt justified in continuing to spew my ramblings into the internet, because people outside my immediate family were actually reading it.
• Anyone who babysat for us in the last year, allowing us to maintain our tenuous hold on sanity when merely blogging about the kids was not enough of an outlet. Sometimes we have to actually go out to dinner and drink three bottles a perfectly reasonable amount of wine to get enough distance from all the crazy. 
• Pig herself, for being fat and for inspiring our domain name. Also, for being surprisingly patient with the rather intense manner in which Elliot expresses affection.
• And most of all, everyone who reads regularly or occasionally, everyone who leaves comments (even when we don’t agree, we enjoy the discussion), and everyone who has gone out of their way to say a kind word about this site when we run into you at parties. You don’t have to, really. But it’s very nice of you. 

Thank you, and please keep reading. Some days, my sanity depends on it.