My sweet little Livvy– isn’t she cute? She’s growing so fast now. I really miss the tiny kitten stage. :( Couldn’t they stay smaller longer? Well, of course she is the darling of the house. The kids have been very busy with the camera these days.

Like i always say, cats and babies are cutest when they are sleeping. Here she is, in the warm laundry. The kids didn’t want to fold the clothes because she looked so comfortable. :S That’s sweet, but I hate ironing so I made them take her out! They snapped this photo first, though.

This photo turned out poorly, but I include it because I just LOVE the look on her little face!! It was a cold day, and she decided to snuggle up in the warm spot on the couch. Yeah, I need new slippers. I may as well give these old ones to Livvy anyway, she’s chewed them up already.

I posted about her discovery of the the toilet paper, on my New York Renovator blog. She’s a real wildcat- she tried to hop on the table during dinner, hides behind the clothes washer so she can try to make a mad dash out the back door…. sighhh. Yes, I miss the tiny kitten stage, when we could at least contain her!

Oh this kitty is growing up so fast! She’s a handful! Here’s a photo of her giving “the look.”

In the next photo, you can see how sleek she is. Her baby fuzz is almost all gone, and she’s looking more like a washed-out Siamese.

Now that she is used to our large house and the kids’ activities, she is much more comfortable stampeding around the house. When she gallops, she sounds JUST like a horse. She also INSISTS in climbing in my daughter’s lap and eating at the dinner table with us. :S She’s such an affectionate little kitty, really. It’s what makes her so adorable. Right now her favorite activity is climbing up the legs of people standing atthe kitchen counter. I clip her nails, but YOW they are still sharp.

I plan on starting to toilet train her in a few weeks– I’ll have all the play-by-play action, lol! :S

Kittens are SO gullible, lol. I sometimes have a difficult time restraining myself from having too much fun with my kitty, Olivia. I don’t want to frustrate her and spoil her sweet temperament. But, boy, she is so funny and such a little tease!

She likes to look out the window but can’t seem to get it through her 2-month old peanut brain that you can’t walk through glass, love. But she insists on trying, again and again. Talk about a hard head, lol!

And she’s so clumsy. Are cats with six toes clumsy or is it just my cat? She teeters, she totters, she comes crashing down and spinning like a striken airplane bomber. By the way, I’d like to dispense with that old wives’ tale that says cats always land on their feet. Er, should I say, Olivia dispenses with it. Stupid gravity. lol. She likes my computer keyboard, too. Maybe I make it look like so much fun? But one of her favorite hobbies is playing keylogger. She’s deleted a few emails with her keyboard trailblazing. So if I haven’t replied back to you, that’s why. sigh.

During one of her funny antics, I managed to grab the camera and shoot a short video. Here she is discovering the wonders of the top section of her new kitty-litter box, complete with flap. She’s too tiny to use this top part of the pan yet (we’re just using the bottom for now), but I’m encouraging her to explore the top of it for the big graduation day. Until then, we are hourly sweeping up mounds of kitty litter all over the floor. She seems to like to toss it around after her toilette.

I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT. Leave it to a couple of engineers to show me all about the Proper Guide to Nourishing and Raising Your Cat. This video is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!! Make sure you have a few spare moments to watch the whole thing. Wow, I just, like, NEVER knew!

P.S. Here’s a gratuituous photo of my precious baby. She is growing SO fast! I think I am spoiling her. :S

The neatest thing happened to me over the weekend. As some of you know, I got my little half-Siamese kitten Thursday. It was a bit of a surprise– earlier this week, a friend had directed me to a classified ad advertising some kittens. The next thing I know, I’m driving out on Thursday to pick up my kitten. She’s a lovely little thing; we’ve named her Olivia (Livvy, for short).

Well, today the FedEx man walked up to my door and dropped off a box. Guess what it was? A brand new cat carrier! With a few bottles of Febreze samples! And one of them is the new Febreze Air Effects Pet Odor Eliminator! I flipped! It’s pretty obvious that Livvy loves her new carrier, too.

This package was PERFECT timing! And I think that the Febreze Pet Odor Eliminator is going to be my new best friend, and an important piece of equipment along with the pooper-scooper and bag of catnip. :D I have a very sensitive nose and the smell of cat litter makes it wrinkle. I am nuts about Febreze (I always get pre-owned furniture and it is always stinky– so I have loads of Febreze around the house) because it smells so good and works on fabrics (Lysol makes me gag, ick). The pet odor eliminator has a really fresh scent and it won’t make Livvy’s little nose curl, either. One pump on the nozzle and you’re good. It’s a great product.

The Febreze To Go is a new product in the line of Febreze stuff. I keep it in my minivan. My husband is a mailman and uses our van to deliver mail, so… during the summer the van gets REALLY stinky (sorry, honey). I like this little bottle because now I can tuck it in the glovebox instead of having that big bottle of Febreze that rolls and clunks around inside the van while we drive.

So if you have a cat or a dog or a sweaty husband (hee), you might want to give Febreze a try. It has helped me out of the stinkiest situations. And now that I have an indoor cat with a litter box in the house, I’m sure it will be worth its weight in gold. :D

You knew it was coming– another post about my new kitten, with photos!

In case you haven’t heard, we have a new addition to the family: Olivia the kitten. She’s half-Siamese. She is the most ADORABLE thing I’ve ever seen!!! This kitten is the sweetest and most affectionate little baby. She hates to be alone (she will mew pitifully if she’s lost in the big house, and when she sees us again, she bounces over), she nuzzles our cheeks when we get close, and she rubs our legs when we sit in chairs. I am madly in love with this baby. She’s very playful and wants our constant attention. Need to know how to lose weight? Get a playful kitten! She is keeping us busy.

Yesterday while the kids and I were preparing dinner, Livvy decided to bother Daddy (my husband). She clambered up the desk chair he was sitting in, and marched across his shoulders. Every once in a while, she would teeter at the edge of his shoulder, only to grasp on to his shirt with her razor-sharp kitten claws. My husband was amazingly tolerant of her antics.

Livvy likes furry things. She discovered my son’s cookskin cap and has adopted it. Maybe it reminds her of her brother (who was of similar color and fuzz). My husband’s hair, actually, is similar color and texture, too. Livvy found daddy’s hair to be a great toy! I snuck in and snapped some photos.

Isn’t she ADORABLE?!