Cat Shark

Holiday Style

Snape's Worst Day Ever

...and my best. :)

This is the life...

Wh-what's going onnn?

You! It's always you...

Please not my long luxurious whiskers!

No, no, no...

Halp!

Worst. Day. Ever.

MINI's turn?? ME want kiss from baby!!

Queen of the Castle

Me? ha ha ha, no.  This little lady has deemed the breakfast tabletop her exclusive hangout spot, has an entire drawer devoted to her many outfits, and requires at least half an hour of belly rubs a day.  Of our three babies, she's the one who most frequently wakes me up in the mornings to be feasted, and if I dally she's willing to snack on our macbook power cord while she waits.

But, she's gorgeous and she knows it.  She's sassy and she owns it.  And, I honestly have no idea how parents without cats keep babies entertained.

Return of the Santa Mouse

First, our annual family Thanksgiving photo!  It's getting more difficult to wrangle the whole clan, but Snape barely even dug his claws in this year!

And now...time for Christmas!!! :)

When I was a kid I could NOT WAIT for us to bring down all of our Christmas boxes from storage.  Not only were our ornaments and decorations in there, but boxes full of Christmas books and toys, made even more special by the fact that we only got them for about a month every year.  SO, of course, the tradition that really kicks off the holiday season for me now... bringing back Santa Mouse, the grossest, crustiest cat chew toy you can imagine.  But Snape just loves him (maybe because he only gets to slobber on him for one month of the year?).  Santa Mouse, going on 5 years now...

Though both cats and baby are willing to share toys for now, I think we'll need to acquire some Christmas human toys soon.

Halloween Preview

Darth Snape

Mini Leia

Master Theoda

Not pictured, Mr. and Mrs. Jawaghan

Snape and "Snape"

The day has finally come.  Snape and Theo, friends forever!!! :)

Mini & "Snape"

Snape needed a little break from pictures, so I had his double stand in for this shoot.  

 I thought it was pretty cute.  Snape was not amused.

Music Hour

It's a recent weekday evening tradition that everyone loves.  Tom unwinds from work and selects a few choice records that will further baby's musical education.  Happy baby bops and burbles to the music; the cats are enormously relieved that he isn't screaming.  And me?  Ahhh, I revel in the free use of both arms for the first time all day, sometimes using them to cook dinner and other times simply to pour myself a glass of wine.  

...And then we brace ourselves for a long night of no sleep. :)