The Birth Story of Stella's Kittens

First of all, I do want to make it clear that after these two litters of kittens are weaned both mama cats will be spayed.

Now, this blog is here to share the story of two litters of kittens who were born to two mama cats who happen to be sisters. 

Stella's kittens were born April 14, 2014 and are all girls. Their names are Sophonia, Smokey, Stormy (born in the middle of a horrible storm), Tina, andSkunk. This was taken the day they were born:

Here are a few more of them:

And in that last one it should say 15 days old. I goofed! 

The little sweeties have had their eyes open for about a week now and are really developing personalities! They play, wrestle and "talk" to you when you approach their bed.

Tina was the first kitten born. I awoke to the sound of a tiny meow. When I opened my eyes, Tina was headed for the edge of the bed. Talk about starting out in high gear. I reached for that baby like I had Inspector Gadget arms! 

Even though we had a nice box fixed with blankets, Stella decided that our bed was the best place to give birth.

Next up was Stormy. She decided to make her entrance during a really loud thunderstorm. And she decided that she was gonna come out the hard way so I had to lend a hand in her birth. It was a little scary but beautiful at the same time.

Third born was Skunk. And after she was born, I thought Stella was finished because nothing else was happening.

I left the bedroom to make coffee. When I returned to check on the little family a kitten was missing so I went into panic mode! Stella was also absent so I figured she had moved the missing baby. And she had. Onto The bottom of the entertainment center on a pair of Mark's shorts. 

Since she liked the cozy cubby hole, I moved Mark's shorts and put a blanket down for them, moved the other two kittens for her and left them alone to work on some Mary Kay stuff.

A little later I came through the bedroom, to go to the restroom (too much coffee) and decided to check on them. Two hours had passed (and Stella never once showed an signs of distress) so I was surprised to find Smokey! And soon followed Sophonia. 

That's Stella's birth story. The next post will be all about Hazel's birth story and pictures of her babies!