Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty (kitty,kitty,kitty, kitty, and kitty)!

Lots of excitement in our house last night and this morning! 

The much anticipated arrivals of kittens occurred! 

Not quite a year ago, we got sister kitties, 

Miss Marley and Lucy-Kitty from an ad on Craigslist.

We knew they were both female and despite popular opinion to the contrary, 

we decided to let them each have a litter before we had them spayed.

And within twelve hours of each other they had both given birth.

Miss Marley went first, with a litter of  three, last night.

I was kind of surprised because Lucy-Kitty was so much bigger 

and I thought she had gone into heat earlier.

Nope.

After an all out house search, we found Miss Marley's under the bed in Eva's room - 

on her hot pink froo-froo shabby rug.

Bye-Bye Rug! 

Miss Marley had a tortie, a tabby, and a black with white paws.

Then, this morning, not to be outdone, Lucy Kitty gave birth to five.  

She was just finishing up when the kids got on the bus.

  

What a trooper!   

She never made a sound! 

Her birth room of choice?

The dirty clothes hamper in the boys' room.

(Okay, its more a pile, but what can I say?  

They're boys.  

And I stopped fighting that battle a looooong time ago.  :P)

Nice.

And even though I have hooked her up in a large crate, 

she keeps insisting on moving them back there.  

Bad idea, Lucy-Kitty.

But after her trying to move them back there three times, I give up.

She gets her way.

She gave birth to three black and two tabbies.  

And one of the blacks is SOLID BLACK. Not a bit of white on it.  

Noah is going to want to keep that one.  :)

So, we're all so excited and looking forward 

to tripping over some babies here in the next month! 

I kind of bugged her for a little while, 

so I could brag on her babies.

Even aloof Miss Marley stopped by for a visit 

and to offer her congratulations.

They are sooooo cute! 

I just had to snap off a couple...  hundred.  ;)

And not to leave Miss Marley out, just because she's the more stuck up of the two and Lucy-Kitty sleeps at the foot of our bed...

I'll brag on her babies too.  

:)

Lucy-Kitty returned the favor 

and stopped by to check out Miss Marley's babies...

Is there anything better than a teeny-tiny kitten?

Nope.

There's not.

Well, maybe puppies.

Or colts and foals.

And baby calves are pretty cute too.

;)

And now I'll leave you with a sneak peek of what I did yesterday, 

what I'll be working on further today (if the weather cooperates), 

and what I'll be showing you tomorrow.

Make it a great day, y'all! 

XO,