Momma and Babies!

Meet our newest litter of kittens! We were planning on only taking one or two, but PAWS really wanted these three to get out of the shelter as soon as possible since the little guys are getting sick. It's hard to believe that there were originally seven kittens... so we're happy to keep the remaining two healthy!

Momma's name is Penelope - we call her Penny. She is a beautiful tortieshell who is very affectionate. Her markings are gorgeous, and she just wants to sit next to you.















The first baby is and orange female (!) named Harriet. Orange cats are usually boys, so this is a little confusing for us. She is adorable and a little shy, but I'm sure that she will come out of her shell. She doesn't run away when I hold her, but won't come over to say hi yet.










The second baby is an all black kitty named Mathilda. She is our fourth all black kitten, but our first all black female! She is the snuggliest kitten I've ever had, especially considering we just brought her home. She climbs into my lap or my hands and then refuses to move. I love her already!

Hanging out with people is fun!

Yesterday we got to hang out with our inlaws. We sat in different people's arms for almost a half an hour! Even though the the other cats and dog and lots of people were running around, we were very chill.

Are you ready for our close ups?

Baby Tango
... Note resident cat Cheesy creeping around in the background















Cash















Hooray sitting on shoulders! No big deal.


















We are now advertised on Craigslist! We will be ready in a few weeks.

We are in grad school.

Cash and Tango really like to help me do my homework. They climb up on the bed and meow and sleep on my journal articles until I give in and play or cuddle with them. The kittens no longer hide from me when I walk into the room (probably because I increased the ratio of feeding them to bathing them, haha). They are so excited to see us and love affection. They are also starting to play with their toys a lot more, which is really funny because they are not very coordinated.

Here is Cash, studying intensely about tissue engineering.

we iz gremlinz

we iz in ur houze, playing with ur toyz.

Litter 2!

We picked up our second litter yesterday from PAWS! They are actually two little boys who were found as singletons and were pulled from ACCT. They get along pretty well. PAWS thinks they are around 5 weeks old. I need to weigh them today. The only caveat with getting another litter is that Ryan got to name them.

Here is Tango, who is a little black kitten. He's really tiny, but he is eating wet food like a champ. This is the picture from the shelter.





















Here is Cash, who is a handsome gray tuxedo cat. My mom is going to be in heaven. He is slower to eat, but he's also bigger! He loves to sit on the ground and stare at you.
This is the picture from the shelter.

New kittens...

Here is a hint of what is coming...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfiptVxW7w4

We'll post pictures soon!

whoops... it's been a while!

It's been a really long time since we updated. Basically, we had a great home lined up for Ella, but circumstances out of the potential adopter's control prevented her from being able to take Ella. It was sad because they seemed like such a great match, but we are glad that the adopter was responsible and thinking about how adopting is a lifelong commitment.

We've been posting Ella on craigslist and trying to spread the word again. In the meantime, she got lonely because her brothers were adopted already! We slowly began increasing the areas of the house to which she had access. Now Ella can run around wherever she wants, and she is living it up. She is very well behaved and quite entertaining!

We caught Ella bringing a ball over to the puppy to play. She also likes to try to hunt flies that get into the house. Her favorite place to sleep is on our bed. Hopefully we find an adopter soon, because Ella will make a wonderful pet, and we wouldn't want that adopter to miss any more time with her!