Brim Sushi

Mark and I love to fish and we're very fortunate to have a pond behind our house. Stella and Hazel have recently started following us to the pond.

Tuesday night Hazel got so excited over the fish that she nearly bit the big brim that Mark was reeling in. Here are a few pictures from Tuesday night:

Now Hazel knows to sit and wait:

She knows when she hears the reel turning that something good is about to happen.

I know this next part is not going to win me any favors with animal activists but here goes. Last night (Wednesday) the girls walked to the pond with us and Hazel was more excited than ever. Mark caught a tiny brim and gave it to Hazel. She ate that little fish in less than five minutes! Stella walked over to see what Hazel had and Hazel growled at her. The next one Mark caught was for Stella. They were delighted to have fresh fish.

I don't have any pictures from last night because my phone was dying so I left it on the charger at home.

I need to get finished getting ready to go wedding shopping with my daughter and very near future son in law so I'll catch you all later!

A few new pictures

That is Cora's foot. Cora is one of Hazel's daughters. See the heart on her leg? That's how she got the name Cora, short for Corazon, Spanish for heart.

That's Smokey asleep with her head on my pillow and her body across my shoulder.

Sophonia gets prettier everyday!

Sophonia sleeping with her mouth open.

An assortment of kittens with Hazel.

 Sleepy babies on a Tinker Bell blanket.

I think that's all of the pictures that I haven't posted before.

Tuesday Night Updates

This is gonna be short and sweet.

All of Hazel's babies have their eyes open. And in Hazel's litter there are three girls and two boys. They are now 11 days old.

Stella's babies are getting so big! Tina and Skunk are the only two who don't have long hair. Smokey, Sophinia and Stormy are fur balls!

I know that I promised pictures on Monday but I got really busy that afternoon and then this afternoon I cleaned the entire house. Mark and I went fishing too so I didn't get to it today either. I promise that tomorrow I'll post some new pictures!

And this is off the topic if cats but in Thursday I'm going with my daughter and future son in law for an ultrasound of my first grandchild! We already know he's a boy! My daughter, K, is 22 weeks along now. 

Very exciting times for the Hunt family!

Monday Morning Update

Sorry that I've been a slacker! We've been kinda busy at the Hunt house lately.

Stella's kittens are 4 weeks old today! They're growing so fast and are all little fur balls! They have very unique personalities, too! 

Sophonia, Tina, and Smokey seem to be the troublemakers of the litter. Stormy looks like a little monkey and seems to get in on the troublemaking too, but only after Sophonia, Tina, and Smokey start it. Skunk is a little shy but each day I can tell that she's getting a little more brave.

Last night, Mark brought Stella's litter to the living room so they could play. They ran, wrestled and played hide and seek. Sophonia kept going under a table that has a tablecloth on it and crying when she couldn't see anyone. I "rescued" her more than once. 

Hazel, being the worry wart that she is, tried herding the babies (not hers) back to the bedroom but they weren't having none of that.

Hazel's babies are growing fast too! They're still tiny compared to Stella's babies but are growing by leaps and bounds. As of last night, two of them have their eyes completely open! They turned one week old on Friday.

I'm going to take updated pictures in a little while and I'll post them later.

All was quiet on the home front...

Until bedtime. I had been in bed for about 30 minutes when I heard a lot of commotion going on in Stella's box and what sounded like tiny meows.

I jumped up, turned the flashlight on my phone on and found this:

Hazel had managed to move all five of her babies in with Stella's without me knowing it. I guess she's mastered the art of moving them quietly and without dropping them. Hazel was laying there with them while three of hers and two of Stella's nursed. 

She hadn't moved them since Monday so I thought maybe she was over that. Guess not!

Tomorrow I'll try my best to take updated pictures and post them. These kittens are growing so fast and changing so much.

Good night! 

Monday in Pictures

Instead of editing my post from earlier this morning, I decided to do a new post of today's pictures.

Stella's kittens are 3 weeks old today!

Sophonia giving her cousin a bath.

Sophonia playing with her cousins.

Sharing the nursing duties. Hazel has all but one of hers plus one of Stella's. Stella has four of hers and one of Hazel's.

Bed full of kitties!

Size comparison of a 3 week old and 3 day old kitten.

Sunday's Updates a Day Late

Hazel is still determined to put all the kittens in one box to make it easier on herself. Three times on Sunday and twice already today (before 6 am) I've had to carry the newborns back to their box.

I'm a day behind but on Sunday I woke up with a migraine so I medicated and slept until about 2:30. That sleep was interrupted twice by hearing Hazel moving her kittens. Hazel is a bit clumsy in the process of moving the babies or otherwise I probably would have slept through the relocation. She can't make the trip of about 10 or so feet without dropping the babies at least once on the way.

When I got up to see who and how many had been moved the first time, Stella's baby, Sophonia, was looking at her cousin with the expression of "what the heck is this?" 

We haven't named all of Hazel's babies yet. Only one of hers has a name and it's Gizmo. The calico reminds me of the Gremlin with the same name.

Stella's children are all named so I thought I'd give explanations for each name.

Sophonia: Mark and I love visiting old cemeteries. We've found graves of confederate soldiers, graves of revolutionary war soldiers and graves dating as far back as the mid 1700s. Before the kittens were born, we visited a cemetery at a Presbyterian church in Simpsonville and the name Sophonia was on a tombstone. I had never heard of that name before and decided that my next cat would be named Sophonia.

Tina: I have a beautiful cousin who lives in Florida. One day she commented on a picture of the kittens on Facebook and said that I should name one Tina. So I did.

Stormy: As Stormy was making her way into the world, a storm was brewing outside. When it thundered, it sounded like the thunder was happening on our roof. Her entrance into this world was quite exciting itself (remember, she's the one I helped deliver) so she was named Stormy.

Smokey: because she's grey...duh!

Skunk: another no brainer...she has a white stripe running up or down her nose.

Here are a few pictures I took on Sunday:

They're so tiny!

Auntie Stella laying with Hazel and her babies.

Stella's youngins are 3 weeks old today so I'll edit this later with a new picture of them.