Petunia and Her People

Matt and I with our new honey. I think she likes us.

Petunia and Shannon
<3 <3 <3

Petunia and Matt
<3 <3 <3

Coincidentally, the mascot of the North Allegheny football team is a tiger. There is kitten love everywhere you look.

Petunia the Prizefighter

You're never too young to begin a regular routine of endurance, strength and agility training. Just ask Teddy Roosevelt. We put Petunia right to work-- she's mastered climbing to the top of the cat scratcher, the kitty castle, the window sill and most of the bookcases, interspersing these amazing feats with sprints from one obstacle to another, attacking anything that comes between her and her target. Yesterday's mountain is today's molehill, and she'll soon outgrow the small room that is her current universe.

Petunia's training hard because there are many foes that need vanquishing. Petunia's top foes include: pillows, buttons, toy mice, toes, fingertips, and, inexplicably, my stomach. They shall be conquered! Bully!*

see that glow? that's the mark of a champion.

*Disclaimer: my knowledge of Teddy Roosevelt's speech idiosyncrasies comes from Arsenic and Old Lace and consequently may not be accurate.

Announcing...

The newest member of the family: Petunia!

in the kitty castle

Petunia was found when she was just a few weeks old on the side of the road by two lovely ladies who rescued her. She had abrasions on her face and was missing a tooth-- they believe she was dumped. We heard about her via an email Matt received at work. Since her Godmommies were already at pet capacity in their home, we were fortunate enough to be able to adopt her.

She came home with us yesterday evening. She wouldn't have anything to do with us last night, and we didn't force the issue, but by this morning she was ready to play and even snuggle on our laps for a quick nap. She's been using her litter box, ate a ton of food and has been playing with her toys. For the time being she's separated from her new brothers Pete and Roscoe so they can all slowly adjust to the idea of having a new family member. There has been much sniffing and sticking of paws under doorways.

She's a total sweetheart, and we're lucky to have her!

heard a noise in the kitchen- hiding until it's safe

she fell off the sill while trying to turn around (not far,
the windows aren't very high) and into her water bowl,
but shrugged it off and ran to attack her scratching post

precious!