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Noisy Babies!

Mommy says that Christmas and all the holidays are all over. Wow, they sure are a busy time around here. The place was crawling with people - including babies!

Mommy's youngest kid, Lisa, spent two weeks here with her baby, Emma, who has learned how to use her legs to get her to where she wants to go. She didn't do that the last time they came to visit! They come and next thing I know, baby Emma's on the floor and she's moving towards me. I wasn't sure this was a good idea at all, but I wasn't about to leave the living room, since everyone else, including Mommy, was there.

My secretary, Stephanie, came over several times while they were here. She's cool; she even got me a really l-o-n-g cat tail on a stick for Christmas. I love it, but I can't drag it around like I can my cat and bell. Stephanie gave the stick to Emma, and she waved it all around like she was crazy. Oh my - I had so much fun, and Emma laughed and danced when I would chase the tail. That would make me more excited and fast to chase it, and we ended up making everyone laugh. It wasn't funny, however, when Emma was on the floor and got a bunch of my tail fur!

On Monday, Lisa was still home, and Mommy had the day off. They ended up babysitting baby Lucy and baby Megan. They called my secretary over to help, and boy, everyone is so glad they did! Lucy and Megan screamed and screamed and yelled and screamed some more, and Emma didn't feel good, so all she wanted was her mommy and when she didn't have her mommy, she would cry. I was quite distressed by all the noise. I had no place to hide! I went to Mommy's room, where my bed is, but Secretary had screaming Lucy in there, and it was horrible. So I went to the living room, but Mommy had screaming Megan in there, and I couldn't find a place to lay because everything was covered with Emma toys. I went to the kitchen and Lisa was rocking Emma. I decided to try the table, but my bed wasn't there!

Mommy noticed how distressed I looked, so she came over with the screaming Megan and put the "pick and play" on the table. Ah; finally a place for a cat to nap! I climbed right on the table and into the seat. I curled right up and, the good part about having a really fluffy tail is that is can cover your eyes and ears. That's how I ended up taking a long nap on Monday.

Eventually the babies stopped screaming and fell asleep. That's when the secretary came over and picked me up to give me attention. Yup, she sure is a swell purson. I really like her. She doesn't yell at me and call me back like the other do. For instance, on Monday I strolled into the spare room where Lisa's been sleeping and found that she left one of the dresser drawers open. It had everything except my name on it, so I hopped in and curled up. The secretary saw me while she was walking & take care of baby Lucy, and, knowing how much Lisa loathes me sprawling on the baby's clothes, asked Mommy to come get me. Mommy brought me back to the table and the baby seat.

Mommy's been busy working with yarn again. Great fun! She finally gave up and gave me my very own ball of yarn. Score! I also discovered the hanging stuff off that tree she put in the living room, and I tried pulling that off the tree. Mommy didn't like that idea, but upon closer inspection, I discovered how comfy it is under there.

Secretary gave me a picture of my Mommy and the babies from Christmas Day to put on my page so you can see my competition. They both tell me to "look out, they're getting BIG!"

Lisa and Emma had to get on their plane Tuesday, so when Mommy came home, it was just her and me again. Oh, I really love that. I purred for her.