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Pawritings of an Imp

What's in a Name?

My boys are 22 days old now and growing faster than weeds! They are way above average in size with each weighing more than one pound now. They are starting to play with each other now too. Mom got a short video of them, but needs to edit it a bit. Hopefully that will be soon.

What does bother me is mom keeps referring to them as #1 and #2. I'm sorry but these are my babies! I refuse to called them numbers anymore!

My name, Katrina, reminds some of hurricanes, so mom got the list of retired hurricane names out and we picked out proper names for my sons. Son #1 will now be called Andrew and son #2 will be Ike.

I'm pleased. Now we are a family.

A Little About My Kittens and Thais

My kittens are 6 days old now. I had two boys and both are doing quite well. They are growing so fast that they are double the size of when they where born.

We have not name my babies, so for now they are know as Kitten #1 and Kitten #2.

Their little pink noses are now turning gray and so are the edges of their ears. That means they may be the same color as me, but the Kitten #1 is a tad bit lighter. If he stays that way his color could be a blue point. That means his nose, ears, feet and tail will be a medium gray and not dark like my color.

My kittens father is a seal point just like me. His name is Sorn. I met him at a show in Lancaster, PA over Halloween weekend. The next weekend I went to his house and spent a week with him. Sorn's dad comes from a long line of old-style Siamese. His mom was born in Thailand and emigrated to the U.S. a few years ago.

Speaking of old-style Siamese and Thailand, it is official now. The International Cat Association (TICA) has now granted champion status to my breed, Thai! That means we are now a distinct breed just like Maine Coons, Persians and all the other known breeds of cats. That also means we get to compete with all those breeds at TICA shows starting this May! I should have my pre-pregnancy figure back just in time to show in championship classes.

Now if we can just get Catster to list "Thai" as a breed of cat....

A Birthday of a Different Kind

Today is another birthday around here, but it's not a birthday like one may usually think of. No, today is the birth day of my kittens! I had 2 babies born today.

Mom is letting us rest for now. There will be pictures soon!