our lil' mamma

most of you know how much i love my catty, mamma. but, for those of you who've never met her, i'm going to dedicate this post to her so you can get to know her. we adopted her in may 2005. someone found her in a box with her siblings in the parking lot of the furniture store i worked at. i was already considering a cat at the time and thought it was the perfect opportunity. they brought her to me while i was working and i spent most of the rest of my shift trying to keep her from jumping out of the box she was in and running away. she cried the whole way home.

we stopped at a pet shop to get all the supplies we would need and the lady said she was probably only 4 weeks old and to make sure she ate and poohed regularly. and that's exactly what i did. i was such a good, diligent mamma to my baby. i would wet the food and mash it up for her to eat and i would dip my finger into the water so she would drink. she wouldn't use a bottle or drink out of a bowl (she still won't drink out of her bowl--she insists on fresh tap water!), she had to lick it off my finger. then i would take her to her potty house so she could learn that is where she needs to let the magic happen. except she wasn't going number 2! i was so worried. i did what the lady suggested to stimulate her lil bum but she just wouldn't make. finally, brandon advised i just let her be and she will pooh on her own time. well, after about a day she did. i was so excited it was unreal! she's been eating and poohing ever since:)

eventually she became old enough to do most of her own care which was a relief. but i miss her being so little. she's been through about 5 names and i have a lot of nicknames for her, like beaner, lil miss, missy mamma, and lovee smiffs. mamma seems to fit her though and it has stuck. she also enjoys being sung too; which i will do occasionally, especially when no one is around! her favorite songs are "loving you" by minnie ripperton and "oh, donna" by ritchie valens (only replace all of the 'donna's with 'mamma's). of course she always does the cutest things. there are too many to blog about now. but, i thought i'd post some of her recent pics so you can see how beautiful she is:)

here she is napping (what she does best!) on my lap. she's become such a lap kitty lately. as you can see in the next picture she has found a great couch buddy in her auntie krista! she always gets too many loves from krista but she doesn't mind!

too freakin cute!

ok, i think that's enough doting. until next time...