Happy Gotcha Days!!!

HAPPY GOTCHA DAY

IVY AND SPUD!!!

Ivy

Princess Watermelon

Princess Crankypants

Spud

Spudinski

Ivy came to us with 4 sisters and her momma as a foster. That is her sitting up in the back giving mom the stink eye....yep - she mastered it early.

Spud came to us - about two weeks younger than the girls - found by a neighbor of our grandma and grandpa. That is him curled up on the right next to Ivy's sisters.

We are glad you are part of our family!!

Sometimes you have to show them who is boss

an interesting observation

When mom was going back through blog pictures looking for pictures of Maestro for his gotcha day, she noticed a pattern. We have had a certain number of gray and white kittens (maybe she just noticed cause she was looking for that since Maestro is gray and white). So today we are flashing back:

Maestro

the original gray boy - though not a foster

Carolina and her brother Nevada

(after seeing some pictures, this may have been the funniest group we fostered)

Silver says - white spots are overrated  MOL

Moonshine
*yes, he has stripes, so what?

Mist - momma cat to the pepper boys


Milano (when she was really tiny)

Triscuit

the snack kittens

Orbit

Gryff

*no, he isn't ours, he lives at our rescue vet's office

Rosemary (aka Rosie)

 

OK, mom thought there were more than that. :)

But we bet you appreciate the cute no matter what.

Too funny.....

Mom's friend Miss Beckie called mom about a couple of different things. One of them was a question about a "gray kitten" at Petco. Mom said that Basil is up there. "No, that isn't the name" Miss Beckie said. "Starts with an A".

Ummmm - that would be Amelia the Dust Bunny.

we is pretty sure she is black.....Miss Beckie thought that they had seen her picture online....
ok, but even there she should still be black. MOL

Wordless Wednesday - Milano

Geez she makes it hard to get a good picture....

Santa...we are ready

Ugh....mom found some Christmas outfits she tried to make us wear. We better get extra treats from Santa for this one.

Ivy wears the hat, but she also appears to be contemplating her next move against mom.

Rosemary wasn't too sure either

Chex was sure if his eyes stayed close it would all end

then the collar with the bells

Amelia spun around in circles trying to find that jingling noise.

Weekend review

When Basil and Amelia were spayed/neutered last week, mom brought them home and put them in the playpen to let them recover. Well, then it was game on....and the playpen took a beating. Yes - those walls are bending in due to a certain overload of kittens on top and Basil hanging on from the inside. MOL

We got some snow on Friday and Saffron spent some time staring out the window at that stuff falling from the sky.

Mom took the kittens to Petco for their national adoption weekend. No adoptions, but some donations and talk to lots of people. And Maverick got to meet Santa....

Basil and Amelia are now up there full time living with Maverick. He seemed pretty happy to have company again. Saturday morning, Amelia seemed less than amused by Mav but by end of the event on Sunday, they were all passed out. Saffron and Rosemary both figured out how to escape baby jail. They seemed to sulk some on Saturday....and Sunday wouldn't come out of the carrier at all.

Adoption weekend.....

Mom is dragging the kittens off to Petco this weekend for their adoption event. Basil and Amelia were spayed/neutered on Wednesday and are ready to go. Mom had to read the paperwork twice - Amelia weighed 2.7 pounds and Basil weighed 4.1 pounds. Really???

Basil bounced back pretty fast. Amelia was ummmm....hung over. MOL

No...we don't know what she is doing. 

She did it for several minutes. 

Mom almost snorted soda out her nose.

And if they were being dragged off, this is how the kittens would prefer to spend the weekend.

 Saffron and Rosemary

Amelia

Basil and Saffron

If Basil got any more relaxed, he would be a puddle of fuzz.

Thankful Thursday

We have said it before, but we want to say it again.

We are so very thankful for being part of such a wonderful blogging community. Through good and bad times, we are there for each other....sending purrs and prayers, sending cyber hugs and support and cheering on the good things.

We give you all 4 thumbs up!!!

Opt to Adopt

Chex and Milano are doing pretty well. Since mom was gone for most of the weekend, they didn't get out to meet everyone until Sunday. Mom intended to do it slowly when she got back from helping transport Garnet. But....Chex made a run for it and mom decided they are both big enough that it would be ok. She trusts us and figured it would be ok. When she got home everyone was doing well. Milano is jumpy and kind of unsure of herself. Chex is out and about though he is a little growly when we get too close to him. But they certainly seem happy to have a little more space. Mom did say they will be in the bathroom at night as mom doesn't want to chase Milano out from under the bed every morning before leaving for work. 

Mom will try to get good facial shots and get their information up on Petfinder. No adoptions over the weekend, so right now they will stay here.

Basil and Amelia are feeling better and are no longer snotty. Mom is going to get their surgery dates set up and get them in. Saffron and Rosemary were snotty when mom got home from the holiday but are responding to the meds. It seems to be a bad year already for upper respiratory things.

This coming weekend is the Petco adoption weekend so mom will be taking the kittens there looking for homes for the holidays. 

Weekend update

First we are sending lots of purrs to Brian and Sister Gracie as she is not doing well.....she is at the vet and the news doesn't sound good. But we are hoping for the best.

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Mom spent Thanksgiving in Tennessee with her parents and brother, sister-in-law and the kid. Grandma and grandpa's house is coming right along - the walls are up and the roof is on. Everyone had lots of turkey and the fixings....though mom didn't bring anything back for us.
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And then on Sunday mom had an adventure. She met up with Miss Kelly and the kitten catcher from Whiskers in the Window to help Garnet to get to her new home.

Mom said it was nice to meet both ladies and help get Garnet home. Her new mom and dad were pretty excited to meet their new girl.  :)