i have a large family, its me, my boyfriend, 4 cats and 1 dog. plus an angel cat. (and i want to get another puppy for the bf some time soon, ssshhhh!) this is their story!
aubie (my angel cat)
aubie was my first kitty. i got her shortly after moving to alabama after college. not knowing at the time that orange girl kitties aren't very common. i fell head over heels for her and she for me. all she ever wanted to do was snuggle, and kiss your nose, and play outside, and bake herself in any patch of sunlight she could find, until she was literally hot to the touch! she loved to eat chips and was known to steal whole asparagus spears off your plate! she was terrified of the sound of popcorn popping and had terrible paw-eye coordination. she had a special little strut that would rival any top runway model and she loved to travel! her tongue was too long for her mouth and it always poked out of her lips and she let me dress her up in whatever i wanted! she lived only a short 4 years, but those were the best 4 years!
tina (age 7ish)
tina was my second kitty. i got her when aubie was about a year old so she could have a playmate. tina came from animal control, she had ear mites so bad that her ears and part of her head were completely bald from the itching. she is so tiny, even now, only weighing about 5 pounds (i call her tini). she loves to be anywhere you are, and if you're sitting on the couch with a free hand, she'll stick her face into your hand as a sign that you need to be petting her! she's very chatty, if you talk to her, she will always answer back! she also gives great massages, but its usually on your thigh, or belly - i really need to train her to work the shoulders! she sleeps on my hip every night. she's still skiddish, even though i've had her for 6 years, i don't know what she went through before i got her, but i feel bad for her. she has an amazing heart, she's so full of love, and i have a lot to learn from her!
maggie (age 6)
maggie is short for magnolia, my little southern belle. it looks like she's wearing a white pearl necklace and white gloves and shoes, just like a little southern lady! i got maggie as a kitten, the same time i got tini. she was so fuzzy and cute! when she gets scared, she comes to me and buries her little face in the crook of my elbow. she's a good snuggler and is great about going to bed about an hour before me and getting my side all warm, then sleeping at my feet to keep them toasty! she loves the laser pointer, which i should probably play more with her, as she's quite a large lady! she likes to lay on her back, showing off her pure white belly - i like to imagine that she's trying to sun herself to get "a tan" on her belly since the rest of her is colored! she likes to give you kisses, sometimes too much. she and tina are great friends.
bella (age 3)
i was quite happy with 3 kitties when bella came along. "she" was found in a construction dumpster along with the rest of the litter. "she" was taken home and given the name callie. she lived with a single mom and 3 year old twins. this kitten was quite scrappy as it was the only one to survive those horrible dumpster days. this proved to be a problem with the twins, so i was asked to take her. what's the difference between 3 cats and 4 anyway! so i took this baby and renamed her bella, as i had a friend named callie and a black and white cat at my parent's house named kelly! well, turns out bella is a boy! i never wanted a male cat, but i'm so glad i have him. he is the sweetest little man-cat and i truly adore him. he wants nothing more than to spend all day outside, rolling in the dirt, coloring all his white parts with alabama red clay! he loves his "shower time," and if you even think about walking past the bathroom without turning on the faucet, he screams at you until you come back and turn it on! i really love this kitty!
baby alice (age 2)
i definitely was not in the market for another kitty with i found baby alice. i was at the vet getting flea drops for the other 3, when i saw this little ginger cat in a cage. i told myself that if it was a boy, i had no trouble leaving it, but if it was a girl (since they are more rare, and i missed my ginger girl), i'd have to take her (it was exactly one year since i'd lost my aubie, to the day!). well, turns out she was a girl who had been dropped off because her arm was broken and the owners just didn't want to deal with her! lucky me! i took her home the next day (the vet wanted to keep her and do another set of x-rays on her arm) and she's as perfect as she can be! when i first got her home, bella was just about a year old and still really playful and i was afraid he would hurt her. but alice was so fast, running around chasing him, that i couldn't tell if she was running on 3 legs or 4! she is 2.5 now and is just a perfect little girl! her body may have grown up, but her face and her voice have not, she has the sweetest little kitten voice and she likes to talk to you! i'm so glad she's my girl! she loves playing with bella and snuggling up on her puppy!
bohdie (age 2)
i knew that the bf wanted a dog, what i didn't know was that he'd already picked one out and had fallen in love! he made up this whole big story about going back to work one afternoon to let someone in, blah blah blah. turns out he was lying! he went to this lady's house, that he'd been visiting weekly, to get this puppy that had stolen his heart! he came into the back yard and set down this black, puffy creature. at first i thought it was tina, but it was much too big. once i realized he'd gotten this puppy, i was a little mad, having no prior knowledge, but i couldn't look at that sweet puppy face and be mad for long. he's a perfect mix of german shepard and golden retriever, protective, loyal, energetic, and playful. he's my best walking companion, loves to go for a ride, anywhere and everywhere, and gives you the best puppy dog eyes i've seen, if you don't let him lick your plate after dinner (this is not a tradition that i particularly enjoy or approve of)!
this is my (not so) little family! what kind of fur babies do you have!?
