Daddy's Back!

We are all excited to have Daddy back home, safe and sound. Momma is especially happy that she is relieved from 24/7 litter duties. But Daddy has gotten out of Noodle poop duties thus far, since she hasn't yet. Only Bag pooped this morning. Noodle spent some time in the litterbox this morning but emerged with no results - I really hope she is OK, or perhaps she "missed her moment". She later peed, but still no poop.

I ended having to leave for work, since I couldn't just sit around waiting for poop. But I got to witness more Noodle and Noodle-Bag antics. They're newest thing is playing with the shower curtain. Bag used to do that before, but he has gotten more aggressive, even tapping my head this morning as I bent down for the towel. Noodle walks around on the edge, with Momma watching anxiously, and sometimes hangs out in the bathtub.

I am anxious to head home soon ... visions of hanging poop on her butt and poop trails around the house. Sigh.

Half Day w/Momma

With the snow and bridge traffic, I'm working from home this morning, which means I get to witness the antics. They slept all night with me, though not till about 1am. With all of that stored up energy, they were messing around in the bathroom and living room, and Bag just sniffed out the deck.

Noodle spent some time checking the falling snow from the windowsill, but allowed some time to poop. And it was a good thing I was here, otherwise I would have come home to yet another poop hanging to her butt. The poor thing - she must sense something but just don't have the full muscles to push it all out. She was a champ with the dab and wipe, and resumed cat-chasing duties, which is the primary duty of the younger little sister.

Now if only Bag would poop, then I will have felt accomplished! Talk about my set of goals. But he settled down in the closet and she is in her upper condo. It'll be sad to leave them but with them napping, it seems an opportune time to head out. I'm already excited to come home, and I haven't even left yet!

One More Day, Daddy!

We cannot wait till Daddy comes home tomorrow! To share in the love and joys of parenthood... oh and yes, in the litter duties. In the meantime, the babies have been very awesome, as always.

Last night I got to sleep a bit more than the previous. In fact, Bag was ready for bed almost immediately. I went and got Noodle around midnight, and amazingly, she stayed. As far as I could tell, she slept with us all night and even moved up to her usual pillow area. Bag somehow took up my entire side - I am certainly learning how to sleep in awkward positions.

They didn't poop at all yesterday or at night, and only peed this morning before I had to leave. They did their usual wrestling and chasing around as I got ready.

When I got in, Noodle surprisingly greeted me in the hallway and we were joined by Bag a little later. We all cuddled for some time, then I got to check the litterbox where I found Noodle poop and a clean butt. Bag then went to poop, but restocked himself by eating dinner.

They spent the evening playing and enjoyed a high quality nap in the closet. They've emerged and wrestled again, but Bag appears headed for another nap ... what, so soon? Noodle came off the window and is just sitting near her tree. Perhaps it's time she join me on the couch ... ?

Second Day Minus Daddy

We are still anxiously awaiting Daddy's return from his business trip but in the meantime, the kids are up to their usual antics. There were random, things-falling-down noises last night plus, the multiple litter trips. If I could will them when to pee and poop ... oh, what a world that would be.

I barely got sleep last night - there were alot of random, things-falling-all-over-the-place noises, but at 345, I went to the living room and found Noodle on the black couch so I brought her into bed. She actually stayed with Bag and me until it was time to get up, unfortunately. However, I spent some time being trapped in bed because they were both wrestling on my legs. What kind of an excuse would that have been for not going to work, huh?

I had to leave at 8 this morning and neither had pee nor poop, so I came home to both surprises, from both of them. And both their butts were clean - yeah!

There were cat naps, cat chases, cat lovin', and feed-me cat looks. They are fresh from their nap and were hanging out on the deck earlier. They were giving each other their infamous staring-at-each-other looks but now she is chasing him.

Stuck while Unsupervised!

So it's the kids' first day without their Dad (who'll be back on Thu). That leaves Momma with 24/7 litter duties - the joys of parenthood. They broke me in early late last night and this morning with individual trips, Bag peeing a little after 11pm and then Noodle at 1245am. Except that when she saw me at the door, she left the box immediately. When I checked her and the box, there was nothing, so either I interrupted her, she was just playing, or she missed her moment.

Nevertheless, she peed for me this morning after Dave left and Bag pooped afterwards. I waited for as long as I could, but by 9am, she still hadn't gone and I had to go to work. But what they did do was wrestle and chase each other actively - I had such a hard time leaving them.

When I got home, I got one of my long-awaited surprises. There was a slight poop smudge on the litter mat that had not been there this morning but yet there was only two Noodle pee clumps in the litterbox. Hmmm...not too good of a sign.

Well, I got my answer when I picked her up. There, hanging onto her left bottom area, was a hard poop, about 1" long. The poor thing, I wonder how uncomfortable she must have been. She was a champion for the most part, enduring the wipes and the poop twist. I don't know how many hours it'd be hanging there but with some twisting, it dislodged. I dabbed her butt again a couple of hours later (to let her forget the initial wipe) so she smells a little better. Hopefully whatever residual was there is now gone. She recovered well - immediately chasing Bag or getting chased, or helping me in the kitchen.

I spent some time walking around the house with the flashlight looking for a poop trail. For better or worse, I couldn't find any more. I'm sure, though, that I probably walked over it or sat in it. And the irony is that we cleaned the house yesterday. *Sigh* Oh well, again, the joys of parenthood.

After awhile, they settled down some, she napping her condo and he in the closet. After a couple of hours, they both emerged and have been resumed their cat-wrestlemania. She took breaks in between to eat. Around 1030 tonight, Noodle made her way to the litterbox, but then came back out a few minutes later. She hung out by the litter room then went back to do her doody deed. She had a successful poopy, seemed relax during the butt check and dab, and subsequently harassed her brother. Of course, it's time for Momma to head to bed but THEY are playful!

On a similar note, we officially sponsored Tashi at Tabby's Place, starting today. He is darling, and reminds us alot of Bag and Noodle combined. We are happy he has such love surrounding him. What a great place this is. Check them out at http://www.tabbysplace.org/index.html. Too bad we aren't closer to NJ to visit!

Happy 3 Months!

To this date, it's been three months that our little darling baby girl joined our family! It's been an exciting, adventure-filled time. We've gone through variou poop stages (none, soft, hard, and pull and throw), wrestling matches, pukage, facials, house explorations, and toys galore!

They spent this weekend being pretty active. There was alot of wrestling and chasing, in between some high quality cat naps. They got their food restocked yesterday, so they should be good for about 6 months, at least ... at the rate they both eat. One thing they didn't care for was the vacuuming. I spent time in the closet with Noodle while Dave vacuumed. But she came out afterwards to join the rest of the family.

They are now waking up from their long afternoon naps, just as the weekend is winding down. This morning, they both peed and pooped before 8am. That'd be great if they did that every morning - so we can go to work with one less thing to worry about. I doubt this will happen regularly, but one can hope.

They later helped Dave with his packing. Too bad we didn't take a pic but Bag noticed that his "bed" in the closet (Dave's suitcase) was missing but ended up napping on it and his clothes later.

She's Grown!

Yesterday we were just noticing that Noodle has grown slightly in the 3 months (this weekend!) she's been with us. At her vet visit last month, she was up to 5 pounds and though she is light compared to her 17+ pound brother, you can see that there is more of Noodle. I don't think in a bad (fat) way, just that she is getting a little older.

And to go with that, ALOT feistier! She and her brother just continue to wrestle, chase, annoy, and antagonize each other. They share the brunt in instigating it, too. Last night, though, was the first night we heard her meow at him to stop, or at least in annoyance. Usually it's him. At least she wasn't hissing at him. Bag is growing more accustomed to her licking his head or face. He at least seems to tolerate her facials. He doesn't do it back to her, perhaps in time, but it's cute to watch them like that.

Though it was early (515), she had a good poop but then again at 7, right in the middle of my shower. Thank goodness for the baby monitor.

She was helpful yesterday as I packed up a few things. She decided the bag was for her, so she has made a home out of it, even though we cut the handles off to prevent her neck from catching.

She slept with us last night, or at least when I awoke, there she was - her little sleepy face just an inch or two from me. It's a very comforting thought. And then, of course, I got my facial. How can I resist her?

They have been playing, but she's now resting on Dave's suitcase as I type this. Unfortunately, I have to get to work, which has got to be one of the saddest times in my life as I leave them. We still need to get that nanny cam!