Two months ago today, my nephew, Toby, was born... to let everyone know of his arrival, his parents decided to model the announcements after probably the best baby announcements ever made: the ones my mother made for me & my brother.

This is my baby announcement. When my brother was born, our mom made an announcement that showed our parents' dog, Archie, running away from home because he wasn't too psyched about the arrival of a little baby...

Then, about two years later, she made the announcement shown above: a 2nd rendition that depicts both my brother & Archie heading off to Grandma's house because "they didn't say it would be a GIRL!"

So, to carry on the tradition, OrangeBeautiful (with the help of the super-artistic Joshua Wentz) put together an announcement with a new story line... this time it's my brother & sister-in-law's kittens, Sparc and Tarball running away to Grandpa's house!

The ironic thing is that Sparc - in real life - loves Toby. So maybe it would just be Tarball takin' the T to the airport...

production note: Toby's announcements were printed entirely on a Print GOCCO machine... if you're not sure what that is, don't worry: I'll be posting more GOCCO info later.