Kittens!

Ruby and Max

The boys were over joyed at the addition to our family.

Hannah was excited too and kept shrieking excitedly, which made the kittens want to hide!

So very playful and cute!

 

Max - his eyes aren't really blue, more hazel

Little sister Ruby

Quickly settling into their new home

Two weeks ago, as Keith was recovering from Hand, Foot and Mouth, we decided to look into adopting a kitten. We checked out the Humane Society's website for info and it was a little expensive and they didn't have any tiny kittens available. So, we checked Craig's List. Keith immediately found these little darlings advertised with a prominent picture of one of their siblings, who looked like a baby Oliver. The family was giving the kittens away, so we went to take a look. They only had these two left when we got there and they were so cute and little. Keith had been trying to convince me all afternoon that two kittens would do better than just one and that they would be happier. I was pretty sure we only needed one, but the family told us that these two were always playing together. They sort of had the one spoken for, but when they heard we were interested in both, they let us take them.

We were completely unprepared and had to make a quick Walmart run to get some kitten chow and a litter box. When we got home, we realized they were covered in fleas and needed a bath. They had been raised outside and were dirty little things. We kept them locked up in our bathroom for a few days until the fleas were gone and they got used to us.

We also had to come up with some names. Andrew wanted to name them Flower and Cracker. I vetoed those names, and after some negotiating, we came up with Max and Ruby and everyone was happy.

So now we have 5 small creatures to care for. As if 3 children, age 7 and under wasn't enough already...