Life before 2008 23 Apr 2007 12:06 pm
Birth
I had an agenda for the day today but soon found it was scrapped by my little Sammy Cat, who is ready to deliver and decided she wanted me with her. No easy time in the private dark like Grey, this was going to be a lot different! Sammy used to sleep curled up in my apron pocket as a kitten and she’s a lot more fragile and tiny than Grey. Her nesting spot is behind the washer and she was already having contractions when she came and got me, so I let her be. It’s away from the kids and as long as I’m not running laundry (thank God I’m caught up!) it’s also pretty quiet.
She was restless this morning, moving to my feet and looking at me questioningly when a contraction came. I cleaned the bathroom and laundry room and gave cleaning instructions to the kids through the door. My computer (isn’t wireless internet fantastic!!) is in here with me and I settled in for an afternoon’s work a few feet away from Sammy. I dont’ think she wants my help; just my presense.
And just a moment or so after I sat down, having taken a break to put Rowan to bed, I saw her grooming herself vigorously, moreso than she has been the last few hours. One kitten lay near her belly and she is furiously cleaning it. It is so much smaller than Grey’s!! And it looks just exactly like Momma; grey-tiger on top and white on bottom. I don’t know many she has in there yet but I’m glad I started this day with an attitude of flexibility….
on 23 Apr 2007 at 12:26 pm 1.Tia said …
20 minutes later, the second one is here… it’s got a little white on his face with black marks that look like he has a black toupee…or like the phantom of the opera…
on 23 Apr 2007 at 12:48 pm 2.gina said …
Aw, how fun!
on 23 Apr 2007 at 1:08 pm 3.Erin said …
How sweet. Isn’t it amazing how different they can be and yet they just know what to do?
on 23 Apr 2007 at 1:46 pm 4.dalimama said …
They sound so adorable! I cannot wait to see photos… I hope you are taking photos!!!
on 23 Apr 2007 at 2:35 pm 5.Tia said …
2 hours later! A third one is here! The other two have dried to look just like Mom. This one is almost all white and looks like it has an orange spot on his neck and a few grey spots here and there. I had no idea it could take this long….
on 23 Apr 2007 at 7:14 pm 6.Carrie said …
I’m so glad for the updates, Tia. I hope everything has continued to go well. I can’t wait for pictrues, hint, hint.
on 24 Apr 2007 at 10:14 am 7.Queenofthehill said …
We had 2 litters of kittens at the same time a couple of years ago — such fun! We were so amused at how the 2 mommies often wound up nursing and grooming each other’s kittens.
We hated it later when we had to give them all away.