Mama takes a break.
Back to the grind.
Another little bitty break. Yeah, her abdomen looks rough – she’s got a rash between her two hindmost nipples (I’m putting a dab of coconut oil on it, which is neither helping nor hurting – the rash certainly isn’t bothering her, so I’m keeping an eye on it but am not worried. And someone asked if I had shaved her belly – I didn’t, and the fur on the hindmost part of her abdomen seemed to be there one day and gone the next. It’s not actually completely bare – there’s a thin layer of fur there, it just doesn’t photograph well.)
Whist does a toddle.
What we have here is a rough life for sure.
Uno and the bright eyes.
Pinochle’s all “Watchin’ you, lady.”
Whist and Uno have a snuggle.
Sleepy little pile.
Slapjack has a sleepy.
Pinochle and Rummy are out cold.
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Archie has a snooze. (Seriously, if I’d known how popular that pillow would be with the cats, I might’ve bought two. It’s probably good I didn’t know!)
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Previously
2020: “So I push on the door and it goes THUNK! THUNK! THUNK!”
2019: No entry.
2018: Today marks 24 days since Kristi came to us. She is now officially the mama kitty who has made us wait the longest.
2017: Poor guy, perhaps some day he’ll find his zen.
2016: Next up, their ears will start stampeding upwards and they’ll start to look more like little cats and less like unformed blops of clay with pink noses and toeses.
2015: “HI UNCA DENNIS!”
2014: No entry.
2013: No entry.
2012: I’ve had a lot of searches recently where people appear to be looking for the Emmy’s-alien-belly video that I shot the day before she gave birth. Here ’tis.
2011: Hey Maggie, you gonna give me those babies today?
2010: Every time I go into the kitten room, Maura meows at me once or twice, and I say “Give me those babies!”
2009: No entry.
2008: No entry.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
Look at them snoozing away… Again I wonder, as I do with all new little litters, if they smell more like flowers, or fresh Chex snack mix? Maybe banana bread baking…
Maple syrup!!
They smell like raw peanuts.
And by “raw peanuts” what I meant to say is “boiled peanuts.” (Had to give ’em another sniff.)
The 2018 headline entry makes me crack up “Kristi has officially made me wait the longest”. BAHAHA!
I laughed at that too!
I love Pinochle’s coloring!!!
Sweet, sweet babies. I love the stage when they begin to interact with the world.
Have any of the “Darlings” inherited her eyes ?
I’m not sure yet! We’ll see as they get bigger. 🙂
Try lanolin on the rash. Nursing humans use it to protect nipples.
Thank you for this suggestion! I’ll pick some up when I get groceries in a couple of days.
I’m already in love with little Uno! I wonder if these babies will inherit their mother’s lean and angular body shape? At least right now it looks like they have rounder bodies, but that might not mean anything.
I think it’s too early to tell yet – I’ll be interested to see what they’re like when they get older.