First, the good news:
SALLY PEPPERS GOT HERSELF ADOPTED YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!
I feel like I can relax now, knowing that all my Peppers are now in their forever homes. Yay Sally! She went to a home with two kids and a cat already in residence – a solid white female. I bet when the two cats become friends (which they WILL), those are going to make for some stunning pictures.
Luckily, there’s no “bad news” to balance that good news. It’s all good! Emmy and the babies are doing well. We took pictures of the kittens and weighed them yesterday. Since Fred took the kittens out of the box on Friday to replace the pink bed with a clean one, and then took them out and weighed them, then held them so I could snap a few pictures, I think it’s safe to say that Emmy is pretty much over one Fred Anderson. She swiped at him a couple of times yesterday when he was petting the kittens, but by last night she seemed to have forgiven him, mostly.
The weight on the kittens: Razzie’s the lightest at 7 1/4 ounces, Newbery’s 7 1/2 ounces, and Darwin’s at 7 3/4 ounces. Big baby Logie is the largest (no surprise there) at a solid 9 ounces. It’s amazing how much difference an ounce can make at this age – you don’t even have to pick her up to see that she’s the biggest one!
And the babies at 9 days old:
Darwin (the kitten formerly known as Stripey2)
Newbery (the kitten formerly known as Stripey1, the only male)
Logie, da big baby.
Razzie (the kitten formerly known as Stumpy)
I’ve been meaning to mention this – with the birth of Emmy’s babies, that brings us up to foster #174. We’re almost even with Ted and Martha at 50Kittens, who are on #175. I went back and looked at my list (which is just an Excel spreadsheet) and we fostered 31 kittens last year (okay, that’s kind of misleading – we got the Brady Bunch in the Fall of 2010, but they were actually in residence until early 2011), and since I took about a month and a half off from fostering due to surgery last year, I think it’s a strong possibility that we could maybe get to #200 this year. Wouldn’t that be neat?
And on a side note, of the 174 kittens fostered so far, we’ve had 91 males and 83 females.
Poor Emmy. Those kittens REALLY like to hang around under her tail.
This picture cracks me up so much – that back foot sticking up in the air? That belongs to the kitten nursing. Why she feels the need to sit in that particular position, I’m not sure. She was like that for a long time.
“You touch me, I scream. Mama doesn’t like it when I scream. She’ll mess you up. So no touching, you get me?”
Sweet sleepy baby.
The whole family.
“I lubs my mama.”
I always worry that Tommy’s going to roll off that platform atop the cat tree. He hasn’t yet, but there’s always a first time!
Silly boy.
Previously
2011: 13 months without a uterus as of yesterday, MOTHAFUCKASAYWOOHOO!
2010: YOU don’t have a trash can laying in your back yard for the cats to hang out in?
2009: (Nance calls it “Fredding.” HA.)
2008: “The chickens are here!” he said.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: No entry.
2004: OR MAYBE I JUST NEED A NEW COMPUTER.
2003: So, there. That’s my day so far.
2002: I’m a total calendar-having fool.
2001: No entry.
2000: No entry.
HOORAY FOR SALLY PEPPERS!!! 😀 I REALLY hope her new owners send pics of her with her new sibling because you’re right, those will be some gorgeous shots.
And speaking of gorgeous, I am head over heels in love with the Noms. Those are some stunning little bits of fur right there. I would also think that, when the time comes, Emmy won’t have any trouble getting herself adopted because she is just beautiful.
But please. Don’t rush them out the door. 😉
I really want to kiss their wee faces…. sigh… they are just too cute! And Yay for Sally!
The Noms are cuter now that they are opening their eyes! Ollie is a big Whinney McWhinnerson I think he would make a great dog brother of cry baby Logie. Logie is my favorite. I always seem to have one per litter.
So happy for Sweet Sally Peppers! They were all too cute to linger long!
Yeah for Sally Pepper!!!! Loving all the pictures of the babies but I’ve got to tell you I really don’t like the name “Logie”. It makes me think of what gets spit out thats called a “loogie”, ugh!
Snort! I don’t like it either and didn’t know why! I think you just helped me figure it out!
Me three!!!
Awww, you’ll have to take that up with Lesley, she named her. 😀
Perhaps if y’all pronounce it correctly, with an Aussie accent, you’ll like it better. 😉
Look at the gorgeous Sally, who would not want to adopt her. It’s a lucky family to have her.
Logie is a wonder name. Lesley choose the Aussie award and it is special to her. She is such a beautiful kitten, it will be so much fun to watch her grow.
I took the time to read what a Logie is and how it got it’s name and it makes perfect sense! I think it’s lovely to name a television award after the man who invented it as a practical medium. Robyn, you are so right there are worlds of difference in pronunciation. I have lived in the Northeastern USA all of my life and have had a Scottish pen pal(yes snail mail, she HATES the computer 🙁 ) for thirty-eight years. The misunderstandings over words meaning different things have been amusing many times. I stand corrected and apologize :)!
PS Way to chastise diplomatically, Robyn! Very well done!