Lucy, I'm home!!!

Wow, Leo and I are finally home! We loved our foster mommy but were happy to trade our bathroom digs in the foster home for the whole bedroom in our forever home! We both had a serious case of the kitten crazies for our first 3 hours in our new house!

I'm the leader and I do everything first. I used the litterbox first, I ate first, I jumped up on the bed first, and I even played pawsies under the door with Lucy first (and she hissed at me!). I love to play and am very possessive of my toys (which equals ALL of the toys)! I run around with a toy in my mouth and growl. I growled at Leo whenever he got close to me and sometimes I growled when he wasn't even near me!

I finally got a little tired and I let mom know by meowing at her. She was surprised to hear me meow! I'm also a kneader and a purrer and I've done my fair share of both today.

I'm so excited about all of my new Catster friends! Thank you for the gifts and for your friendship!

Charlie

Active Investigations

These are some of the things I am investigating in my new home:

Mommy's fingers, toes, and shoulder have not yet produced any milk? I'm not ready to give up the nursing attempts- I'll keep investigating.

What's under the covers?

Hardwood floors and chase = FUN!

Who is on the other side of the door?

How high can I jump while taking sideways steps? Forward steps? Backward steps?

If I knead and suckle the Morgan's bed, will it produce milk?

Will Leo bounce if I knock him off of the bed?

I'm a busy little guy! I spent part of the night scampering back and forth across mom's face between attempts to nurse from mom's fingers and attack the bed mice! It was fun!


Charlie

Almost Certain

After attempting to latch on to the tip of mommy's nose with my teeth (TWICE!) last night, I am almost certain that mommy's nose does not produce milk. Instead, latching onto her nose appears to produce shrieks and panic.

My investigation into this issue (i.e., Does mommy's nose produce milk?) is almost complete.

I probably need to test it once more just to make sure.

Probably tonight right after she falls asleep.

Charlie

A little kitten ~ Diary of the Day

Wow! Today has been a very special day for me ~ I'm on the homepage as the Diary of the Day! Thanks to HQs for honoring a little kitten like me! Thanks to all of my friends, new and newer, who have celebrated with me!

Today has been special for other reasons, too. Leo and I succeeded in keeping mommy up all night long last night with the kitten crazies and some tummy troubles. Holy kitten, we were all so tired today! Mom went to work and Leo and I slept and slept and slept.

Later in the day as I was snoozing on the bed, Lucy snuck into the room! Mom put me and Leo in our carrier and let Lucy inspect the room. There she was, HUGE, sniffing around with her tail twitching. Leo and I watched with big eyes. Then Leo and I each got a turn to come out of the carrier and meet Lucy. That went okay, I was kind of intimidated for awhile and just watched her closely. Things kind of fell apart when I decided I was comfortable enough to try and catch her tail. She didn't like that! Playtime was over.

I wonder if the tip of her tail has milk in it?

Charlie

Obsession

Must. Get. Lucy's. Tail.

It's an obsession. When I see her, it's all I can think about. She can smack me and hiss at me all she wants. I don't care.

Must. Get. Lucy's. Tail.

Mommy says that my playful and persistent nature reminds her of Lucy as a kitten. Lucy disagrees with mommy about that.

Must. Get. Lucy's. Tail.

I'm still having some tummy problems. It turns out that Leo and I have coccidia and we started medication today. I don't like the medicine. Mommy was going to let me and Leo out of the room today to explore more of the house but now she's going to wait until we've had a couple of days on the antibiotic. Leo and I are both kind of bummed- we're ready to explore!

Have a great weekend friends! I've gotta go and GET LUCY'S TAIL!



Charlie

My, what a BIG tail you have!

Well, I met Sophie. She came into our room with mom. Leo and I hid under the bed for the first 10 minutes while Sophie sniffed everything including sticking her big wet nose under the bed!

I was the brave one who first emerged from under the bed! However, every move, sound, eye blink that Sophie did caused all my fur to stick straight up! And I'll tell you this, Sophie may have a BIG tail but when I fluff mine out, it's pretty big, too!

Charlie

P.S. I wonder if I'll ever feel comfortable enough to attack that tail? Because deep down, that's what I really want to do!

P.P.S. Leo may try to claim that he was the brave one. Whatever.

D-O-G

Today's visit with the D-O-G went better than yesterday's near-disasterous visit (during which I spit at and smacked Sophie, she fell trying to get up on the bed, I thought she was going to fall on me so I jumped 10 feet in the air, cursing, spitting, and screaming. Not good.). Today I didn't hiss or try to smack her. I sniffed her tail and kept a close eye on her but didn't try to intimidate her with my tough boy cat attitude.

Leo likes her. He lets her sniff him, follow him around, even poke him with her nose. I'm not down with any of that. Mom said I'm a little high-strung. I don't think it's about being high-strung; I think it's about SURVIVAL!

Why in the world would I be excited about a HUGE D-O-G staring at me with big (hungry) eyes while thumping her tail back and forth? I'm not crazy!

Charlie

Freedom!

Today is the two week anniversary of our Gotcha Day!

Two nights ago Mommy left the kitten room door open and let us explore most of the house! Woo-hoo! It was a total free-for-all! There were kittens everywhere, myself included. We slept well that night, safely back in the kitten room.

When mommy got home from work yesterday, Leo and I were free once again! This time, Sophie was free, too. At first that didn't seem cool. Every corner I turned I came face to face with her slobbery doggie breath trying to sniff my bottom. MOL! But as the evening went on, I didn't really mind her (as long as she wasn't moving).

And then last night, the ultimate freedom! Mommy left the kitten room door open and Leo and I got to choose where we slept! Well, who has time to sleep when there's an entire house (with stairs!) to explore? We did take a couple of cat naps, mostly next to mom. I also snuggled up next to Lucy for a little while on the Cat in the Clover bed. But she ruined the moment when she went hunting for kitten food.

Mommy said that we get the run of the house whenever she's home because we've done so well (with only one major incident that we are never allowed to mention again because mommy was so horrified! It involved Leo, hardwood floors, and the stairwell- everyone is okay and now fully insured for illness, accidents, and injury). When mommy isn't home, it's back to the kitten room we go! We've been meowing about that everytime she shuts the kitten room door!


Charlie

Playful kitten

I like to play! I even ventured in the toy basket yesterday and pulled out the toys I wanted to play with. I like to run around the house with a toy in my mouth, growling at everycat, the d-o-g, and mommy to let them know the toys are MINE!

I've also found my new favorite napping spot! It's on the Cat in the Clover butterfly bed. When I'm sleepy, full, or feeling extra lovey, I pounce on mommy and I knead her a couple of times and meow at her with my big boycat meow. Then I hop over onto MY Cat in the Clover bed and knead it while I try to nurse from it.

As with mommy's nose, the bed hasn't produced any milk just yet. But I haven't given up! I LOVE that bed!

Charlie

P.S. I've also decided that the d-o-g isn't so scary. I'm almost ready to call her by her name......

Tough kitty

I'm a tough kitty. Last night, I tried to prove to Lucy that I am in charge. Apparently she's not quite ready to give up her topcat status. Things got a little wild.

We made up today and are currently sleeping in the same cat tree. I'm on the top level. But something tells me that Lucy's just humoring me for the moment. If she wanted the top level right now, she'd probably be up here.

Oh well, I'll enjoy it while it lasts!

Charlie

P.S. Look who's Cat of the Day! My favorite dude!

P.P.S. Mom is working on adding some new video of me, Leo, and Lucy! Wait until you see what we got into today!