Third Anniversary with my babies!

Three years ago today I adopted little James and Emma!!! They were exactly eight weeks old, and were the kittens of a stray cat who became mostly a house cat and lived with the elderly aunt of a guy who installed shelves at my friend Jen's place - which is how I found them, as he was trying to find homes for the four kittens.


Jen drove me out to their house three years ago and I saw all four kittens in a large carrier. I knew instantly that I wanted James 1) because he was the only boy and 2) because he was so bright-eyed and curious and not scared. And little Emma was just the cutest little thing I'd ever seen and was sitting right by the door of the carrier. She cried when I held her but was so incredibly cute and very sweet. The other two sisters both hissed when I tried to reach toward them. I didn't think that was a good sign to be hissing at only eight weeks old. So I adopted the two sweetest babies in the whole world!

And the past three years have been three of the best of my life, and in no small part because of James and Emma and their silliness and unconditional love, and because of their company and their sweetness and their reliance on me, and because I don't feel alone when I'm home, and I love coming home to see them and love how they come to greet me. They are so wonderful in every possible way!!!!

So here are a few pictures from my first day with my babies, three years ago. I took them to their first vet appointment a couple days later and little Emma weighed 2 pounds and James weighed 2 pounds 4 ounces. Based on their weight at last July's vet appointment and the change between then and now, I'd say Emma now weighs 10.5 pounds and James weighs 15.

They were such cute kittens!!! But actually, I think they're so much cuter now because I love them so much more. And I know their little habits and little expressions and all the cute little ways that they do things. But so anyway, happy three years of being together to myself and my babies!!! :)

And in other news, my armoire is built! Yay! And I already unpacked the two boxes of stuff that goes in it and organized it all in there. And I also started unpacking the kitchen boxes, so I feel good! And I had my eyes checked today to make sure that the embedded object didn't cause any damage and my eyes got a full clean bill of health. And I also did a bunch of stuff on my list of things to do today! Not all, but I was pretty happy with it.

And that's all for now because I need to go to bed! And I always carry James and Emmalove into the bedroom, too, so we can all go to "kitten bed" - yes, it might be a little too much but I don't care one bit!!! :)