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17 November 2016 - 3:05 pm
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My baby girl on my favorite pair of boots! 🙂 

This pic is from September 16, 2011. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:07 pm
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This pic is a little over a month after we brought her home. (She came home on July 4, 2010.) She was estimated to be 16 weeks old, so I counted back 16 weeks and it landed about March 15th, so that became her birthday. 🙂 

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17 November 2016 - 3:11 pm
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Brandy used to be little! 

We never thought she would be bigger than Louie! 🙂 
(He is now my parents' cat. He was all of ours, but when I moved out, I took Brandy with me because she was my baby and Louie was more my parents' cat. He likes being alone better anyway.) 

Louie got up to 14.6 lbs, maybe 15 lbs. Brandy got up to 15.74 lbs, a few weeks before her amputation. She was big old kitty and such a sweetheart! heart 

This pic is from November 16, 2010. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:12 pm
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Brandy wearing my Branson, MO. hat! heart 

This pic is from November 13, 2011. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:14 pm
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What Brandy always did. She always laid in my lap or right beside me! heart 

This pic is from December 18, 2011. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:16 pm
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This picture still cracks me up all these years later! 🙂 

Brandy was in the middle of a yawn when my mom snapped this silly pic! 🙂 

This pic is from December 24, 2011. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:18 pm
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Louie and Brandy! heart 

This pic is from May 31, 2012. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:20 pm
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If she wasn't on me, she was touching me. She always had to be with me! heart 

This pic is from June 7, 2012. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:23 pm
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I had a project when I was in college and I drew Brandy in that project. (The class was Art Appreciation.) 

The dates signify her birth date and the day we brought her home. 🙂 
The purple writing is because her collar color was purple. 🙂 

This pic is from June 10, 2012. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:30 pm
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I was in band and I love music! 🙂 

Brandy's first attempt at a Treble Clef! 🙂 

This pic is from August 15, 2012. 

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Brandy's second attempt at a Treble Clef. 

This pic is from September 7, 2012. 

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Brandy's third attempt at a Treble Clef. (Her worst one. lol! 🙂 ) 

This pic is from October 30, 2012. 

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Brandy's fourth attempt at a Treble Clef. (Her fanciest one! 🙂 ) 

This pic is from November 13, 2012. 

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Brandy's fifth and final attempt at a Treble Clef. (Also not a good attempt. lol. 🙂 😉 )

This pic is from December 19, 2012. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:33 pm
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The first day to bring Brandy to my new home. 

I was a newly wed (May 17, 2013) and Brandy decided to go and lay with my husband. 

He acted like he didn't like her, but deep down he loved her! 🙂 

This pic is from May 25, 2012. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:36 pm
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The first time Brandy met Ajax. (He is a German Shepherd/Pit Bull mix. He was born January 4, 2012.) 

This pic is from May 30, 2012. 

(She would've met him sooner if he hadn't've escape my in-laws' yard when we were on our honeymoon. We are so glad to get him back. He is my husband's baby! 🙂 ) 

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17 November 2016 - 3:40 pm
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Pardon our messy house. 
This is possibly the first meeting of Brandy and Zeko. (We got him June 6, 2013. He was born March 10, 2013. He is a German Shepherd/Rhodesian Ridgeback mix. And is not related to Ajax. lol.) 

This pic is from June 8, 2013. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:42 pm
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Brandy was such a pretty kitty! 🙂 

This pic is from July 16, 2013. 

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17 November 2016 - 3:45 pm
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I always teased that Brandy taught the boys to lay on their backs. 

Of course that isn't true. She was rarely around them. She was scared of them. 
Brandy had her own room in our house (3 bedroom house and no kids yet.) She was able to get away from them when they came inside. 

Still such a cute pic though. 🙂 

This pic is from July 21, 2013. 

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