I thought I’d post some adorable pictures of Millie that I was able to take yesterday. She usually moves so fast that my pictures of her always turn out blurry, but we got a new camera that I was playing with and she was nice enough to hold still for longer than three seconds.
The kittens are about six months old now, and they are going through this really endearing phase where they are into fucking EVERYTHING. Nothing is safe. Everything is a toy. Cords, paperclips, scraps of paper, the dogs’ tails. I have, or I should say had, these little handpainted bobblehead toys I got in Mexico sitting on my desk and I haven’t seen those in days.
Jethro has absolutely NO fear of the dogs and will walk right up to Daisy (our pit bull) and reach a paw out to bat her nose. He’ll also curl up next to her on her bed while she’s trying to sleep. She’s such a good girl that all she does is look at us pleadingly and do her best to ignore her instinct to make a snack out of him. We’ve been telling her she’s a “saint among dogs” for putting up with such an insolent little kitty who doesn’t know who he’s messing with. Millie seems to have more sense and stays firmly out of reach whenever the dogs are inside.
They both go through two enormous bursts of energy a day, a time we call “cracker cat”, where they tear around the house at top speed, bouncing off walls and scaling the furniture, and once, even bouncing off of Hawk’s face as he sat on the couch.
As insane as they are, they are also two of the sweetest, most affectionate cats I have ever known. Jethro follows Hawk around like a puppy, and Millie winds herself around his ankles while he makes coffee in the morning, mewing her good morning greetings. We have recently closed off our bedroom to all animals, and if we go in there, they both sit immediately outside the door and wait until we come out. They love to be held, they love to sit on our laps while we watch TV. Sometimes when I’m holding Jethro, he will raise a paw and very delicately touch my face. They both love to sit on my lap while I’m on the computer.
Here’s one of the two of them, with Jethro sitting in our mail basket.
Aside to Christine - I assume kitten pictures are acceptable if they are pictures I’ve taken myself?
Our youngest, Pippa, who is 8 months now, does the same face-touching thing as Jethro. It’s just the sweetest thing.
such sweet kitties!! I can’t wait to meet them–hopefully my next trip to LA will give me enough time to come over the hill to play!
and why aren’t you allowing pets in your room anymore? I can’t imagine a life where Felix didn’t sleep by my side–I can’t even fall asleep anymore unless she has her head on my hand…
Unfortuantely Hawk has figured out that he’s allergic to cats. Since we won’t get rid of our kitties, we designated the bedroom as the cat-free zone so at least he can sleep dander-free.