The boys are settling in pretty well together. This first picture cracks me up…I love Barneyâ€8482s face:
A little sniffing time…
What? Us? Weâ€8482re not up to anything…
Everybody hanging out at the window
Little tyke jumped up there and started playing/cleaning himself. I apologize for the color on some of these, we were playing with the camera…
Bella wants to remind you that she’s still here and she’s got her eye on him…
Finally caught it!
Pooped…
So we brought home our new little guy (Barney) and Bella has started an odd new behavior. She runs into his safe room (when we let him out to run around) and rolls around in his litterbox. It is very bizarre...the first time I thought she was going to just use the box and then I saw her roll on...
Well, I finally gave in and got another one...he put his little paw out of the cage and I was in love He's around 8 months old and a real love...
Without further ado, here's the first pics of Barney (although we call him "Buddy" a lot, so that name may be up for debate)
Here's why we...
I think I just made the best purchase of 2009 (ok, maybe that's premature)!
I bought Bellrock grower's Catnip Buds at Petsmart. I can't believe how potent this is...
Bella, who has always been a catnip fiend, nearly took my hand off as I was opening the bag even Stan, who is mostly "catnip...
Lounge around I guess…
Oh, hey…Da Bird!
Ha ha I takes the kitty tree while she chases da bird…
Sometime after da bird went back in the closet (where it lives for itâ€8482s own protection)
Stan moved to the radiator to watch me make cookies…
Hmm...what's this?
Thanks for the lick Stan, but I'd rather be on top of the box...
See...I'm sure it's meant for me anyway...
Yes, purrfect fits!
The queen is in her castle...
That is once you get over the trauma of the vacuum running first…
Then thereâ€8482s the straps that came off the box…
Youâ€8482re doing it wrong! Youâ€8482ve got to get a good bite on it…
See…
Part II coming next…the new kitty tree that came in the box!
The dynamic duo had to get their booster shots today. Longest half hour of my life... I was lucky that Bella was napping when I came home to get them so I just swooped her up and put her in the carrier before she was awake enough to notice
Then she noticed...and she whined and cried 10 minutes...
I saw this in Target today and I couldnâ€8482t resist…Bella took right to it and started posing
Check out my profile…
What is Stan doing?? Keep him away from my new scratchy…
Too hot, sleepy time now…
DH decided that his way to help the economy was to buy a new camera. Now he's much better with it, but I was home with the cats and decided to give it a try. This one's a real SLR so maybe (if I can remember beginning photo from 10 years ago) we'll have some nice kitty in the works soon!
It...
Bella loves her daddy, let me show you...
Sometimes she loves me too..but she can stay on his shoulder for hours...
Stan was going to help me clean the table with all the mail on it, but he got distracted...
Then he fell asleep...
I love how they forget any animosity between them when...
Bella felt like posing today…
First a quick brushing…
That feels good!
Tell no one.
Now I have to get my fur back the way I like it…
Almost there…
Yeah, thatâ€8482s it…
Now for some modeling…
My profile pose
I call this look “Steel Tabbyâ€
Stanley is not the only one...
Stan and Bella were a little annoyed that I made them miss the May photo contest (they told me to logon!), but we did have a bunch of fun the other day in front of the window...
Lots of backyard activity today...
Oh...there's bug up there!
Watching...
It's not getting away!
Can you...
She's discovered there's two cats in a flat next door.
This weekend she had taken to sitting on the windowsill in our spare bedroom. I was cleaning in another room when I hear "meow" pause "meow" pause "meow" pause "meow". She was talking to the sweetest little white faced calico in the window...
Stan is having his dental cleaning (and possibly some tooth extraction) today. Any pointers you could give me caring for a kitty who's been put under? I have to admit, he was already neutered when I got him, so I've never had to deal with this before.
He was dropped off this morning at 7AM and...
Choose a nice late afternoon sunbeam. Start at the paw:
Continue down the leg:
Ignore silly human with camera, they are trying to get an undignified picture…darn! Too late!
Think of ways to “accidentally” erase memory card in camera…
There were some nice sunbeams in the house today (yesterday we thought we might have to build an ark)…it was time for a photoshoot…
Stan was taking the opportunity for a nap…
That didnâ€8482t stop me from getting in his face with the camera…
Enough, he says…
Bella wanted to share...
I love them. I really do.
That being said, the felines in my house had me at the breaking point this morning. I was trying to hem a pair of pants this morning so I could wear them to work. I decided it would be quicker by hand than dragging out the sewing machine. Bad. Idea.
Bella had to help...