Oh the cuteness!!!!!

Of course it's the same two kittens coming out to play, but they're all adorable.

The other two haven't come out to play with us yet. The calico (GoGo) started to come out yesterday but hissed at me when I got too close. The orange one (Fred) hasn't even wandered out of the box while we're out there.

Last night Barney (the stray tom cat that we think is the father) was on our deck and limping.  I also noticed that Silly had some injuries, so I think they may have fought the skunk off together?  Weird thought for a Tom to be protecting his kittens... but maybe he was protecting Silly while she was protecting her kittens?  He's around a lot and if he weren't the father, he'd probably have killed the kittens by now. 

Kittens!!!!!!

I had a horrible scare. Yesterday morning when I went outside I smelled skunk....

Yikes!  So I went to look under the car where they had been.  There were only two there.  Huddled and scared near the wheel (rather than in the middle where they had been).  I thought about grabbing them and getting them somewhere safe, but I thought Silly would try and I hadn't yet touched them- so I didn't know if they would freak out if I touched them. 

There were skunk tracks all around the car and it smelled skunky.  

This morning they were all gone and Silly smelled like skunk.  Not like she got sprayed, but the slight aroma.  I asked her to take me to her kittens, but she wouldn't.  Couldn't find them anywhere.

I bawled.

Then this afternoon I went out and she came to greet me.  I asked about her kittens and she went into the garage and looked toward a particular cluttered corner.  I made my way back there through the clutter, and there they were!  All 4 of them!!!!!!

The calico came out a bit but hissed at me.  The orange one wouldn't even come out.

But these two...

meet Honey Lemon

meet Wasabi

Meow!

happy mommy

Daughter had to come meet them

friendly kitties!

I can't express how thankful I am that they're all alive!  Silly is one amazing mama kitty!  How she got them all away from the skunk, I'll never know. 

Now we're 1 of 12 waiting families....

It started out with us being one of seven.  Then one family was matched and we became one of six!

The number of families has been climbing and now sits at 12.  It's a bit disheartening.  Our odds were better as one of 6 families, right?

I try not to look at it that way.  The right birth mother will chose us when the time is right. 

It's just hard.

Potty training update

Today is going great!  No accidents!!!!

She wanted to put on her swimsuit this morning... Even though it's storming out and we can't go in the pool.  She loves to swim!

Here's a pic from this weekend at a friends. 

Adoption news

News... Possible lead. 

A family friend is close to a new mother who recently had a baby and may be making an adoption plan for her baby. 

So the family friend is going to show the mother our web profile. 

Please pray for us!

Potty training attempt #948

Ok, maybe I was a bit hyperbolic with that estimate... But I think this time may do the trick!  It's the first time that she actually tells us (sometimes) when she has to go....

Back into the trenches of potty training....