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