July 20th 2015

So on July 20th 2015 of this year we lost our cat Bailey. We have had him for almost 13 years. He's been sick for quite sometime. It all really started I think last fall. He's been in and out the vet a lot lately and they finally diagnosed him with kidney disease and basically he was in kidney failure. Throughout all this he has remained a pretty active cat and other then a lot of weight loss he still appeared healthy. He went down really fast over the weekend though. By Saturday we noticed his eyes weren't bright anymore and he was getting really weak. We were pretty sure the end was near. We also noticed that we think Allie dug a hole in our flower bed and that is where he has been laying lately. We think she knew he was close to dying and basically she gave him a safe place to die. By Monday we knew we were going to have to put him down. Austin brought him in that afternoon and sure enough that's what they decided to do. 
It was sad but we knew that was what was best. Lindsay doesn't really understand she keeps asking things like when Bailey comes back? Colby gets it and still tears up about it. Its been a wonderful life lesson for him though and a time to truly talk about death and the process of life with him. 
We will miss Bailey a lot. He's been with us through so much! We got him when we were dating so he has lived in so many different places and seen so many changes. He's been in 4 apartments, lived through 4 hurricane evacuations, seen us through 2 more pets and 2 kids. We always imagined he spoke in a British accent and was the ring leader of all the pets. 
Austin buried him in our backyard and it was a sweet moment for us all as a family to remember all the fun times we had with him. The kids keep asking when we will get another cat but I think right now we will stay with just Allie and Beaux. Beaux we only got b/c he was another Maine Coon...so if something like that occurs again we might get another but for right now we are content.