Kittehs!

I had absolutely no idea how busy I would be looking after these 5 little kittens and their mom. Actually, I don't have that much work to do for them - feed, water, and empty the litter box about 6 times a day. Who knew those tiny critters could poop so much? The bulk of the time spent is cuddling them, and simply watching them play. They are just too cute!

One of them is a little black and white spotted guy who we call Bikini Bob - he has a little triangular patch on his lower belly and two appropriately placed spots on the upper chest, making it look like he's wearing a bikini. In the photo below, you can kind of make out, the white patches under his arms and the one on his belly. Trying to photograph a playing kitten is a difficult thing.

Bikini Bob is the cuddliest little guy. He crawls up my foot and pants leg and up my chest, settling on my neck. As soon as he sees me, he comes a-running. It'll be hard to see him go, but he's going to a good home with one of his brothers (we call him Earl).

The kitty mama is doing well, too. We call this the kitten tree - the babies are so big now, Mama can't nurse them all laying down, so she sits up and nurses all five at once with them spread out around her. It's so adorable. Notice WTF kittie is wondering what the camera noise is? Until I took a photo she was blissfully feeding with her brothers. I still think she doesn't approve of me.