This is Miss Mittens, she is the neighbor's cat (one of about 15) that has adopted our family since we moved in. She comes every morning to our back door asking for food. We are all animal lovers and my boys have a tender heart for kitties. Unbeknownst to me, my oldest had started feeding and even named her "Miss Mittens" long before I was aware she was visiting every morning. One look at her face and seeing her sweet loving personality, I was hooked. We noticed about three weeks ago that she was pregnant. To say the least, my boys were ecstatic! I on the other hand knew as cute as they can be, we would not be able to keep all of them. Miss Mittens is an outdoor cat & she prefers it. She does love her daily rubs and attention.My sons decided to make a spot for her, for when she has her kittens. (they chose the chimnea we are not using, on our patio) Early morning yesterday when I went to feed her, she was acting a little different, meowing more and rubbing my legs, finally she jumped in and out of the spot my sons had made for her. Curious, I looked in and there were three of the sweetest newborn kittens. Miss Mittens was so proud and wanted to show me. Then I thought about it, she must have had them on
Mother's Day! On Sunday, I had noticed her laying in her spot the boys had set up and looking like she couldn't get comfortable and I had said to the boys it would be kitten time soon.
The boys were at school, so I left them a note letting them know Miss Mittens had her kittens. Before I returned home from work, she had decided to hide them. We were worried as there are alot of tom cats, so we hunted and hunted until we found them. Not an easy task when it's dark.
They have a home for now in my oldest son's room. My sons are big young men. The twins are 6'7" and my youngest is 6'4" and to see them be so gentle, loving and caring to these tiny little beings, just melts my heart. We are all in awe of another of God's miracles, these precious little kittens.
My sons tried to convince me that it was sign she had three kittens. One for each of them! LOL
Awww! How sweet.
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I love cats and have had cats of my own in the past .I do not have a cat anymore, I,m not home enough to commit,Bless these little creatures . While living in Cyprus I use to write a lot of cat poems. I recently put one on my blog. I,m going back to my post now and I will send you the post , please read it .I also have 2 big, big boys----cottonreel
ReplyDeleteRight I,ve been back and looked at the older post,s . please look at Tuesday-10th march 2009. ----Please leave a comment on my latest blog if the poem touches your heart-------------------------cottonreel
ReplyDeleteOh! Three little yellow cats. Adorable!
ReplyDeleteOh...so sweet, cute and little!!! Have fun with your newest family additions.
ReplyDeleteDeb :)
What sweet little babies!
ReplyDeleteOh my word, I am so in love with the shutters you bought!!! They are just beautiful. I can't wait to see them hanging.
How precious are they and how sweet of you to bring them inside for protection! You are a wonderful person (you know you are running a great risk of getting attached, don't you?).
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I meant to ask...what on earth did you feed those boys growing up? OH MY!
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