Lucky 49!

Its my birthday and 49 feels like an excellent age to be.

I've got some cool loot from my sweetie, including these age-

appropriate neon leggings.  Vladi tried to knead them immediately,

so they are hiding in a snag-free drawer.

Best of all, Birthday Tiara!

Actually two of them, that will ensure every day is a party.

I'm in the office on a Sunday, just proving the point :).

Happy Birthday To Me

Mmmmmm, chocolate cake with Mint-Oreo cookies.

Vladi expressed some pent up emotions
for us missing his birthday.

Okay, I'm over it,...

I'm not over it,...

Uschi joined the fun,....

Oh-boy.

We see T-grrrrs everywhere.

A gift for the entire family.

Brown's 6th Birthday

Today is Tanjiro's and Uschi-Swirl's 6th birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE!!!

What? Too much?

Oh boy, I want belly spot petting for my present(s),...

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Vladi's Cake

On Lesley's birthday,...

We got a DQ Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Blizzard ice cream cake,...

For Vladi to celebrate,...

His very, very belated birthday.


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Birthday Gift for the Boys

Where's my birthday gift?

Yes, we forgot V-man's b-day and he has been
spoiled a bit (more) ever since.

Someone looks a little peeved.
This is supposed to be for Les, but Vladi has claimed it.

What's the secret password?

Come back later, I'm busy.

Finally Les get's a chance to open the box.

Now it's Uschi-time. Any open box belongs to him.

Hurry up and open it!

Uschi mangles the ribbon while anxiously waiting for his box.

But what about Tanji?
There has to be something for him too...

Oh, wrapping paper... that's perfect.

Birthday gift for everyone!

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Happy Birthday To Lesley

It has become a tradition that Lesley gets pictures
with each of her boys on her birthday.

Happy Birthday meowme,...

Nice butterfly headband.

Time to get Uschi,...

Zooooom,...

Daaaaad,... meowme is holding meeeee,...

Your turn,...
AAAAAaaaa,... go find Tanji,...

Happy Birthday meowme,...

Okay, time to play,...

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Belated Birthday

We are bad, bad parents.

Vladi turned four years old a month ago (June 6)
and somehow we completely missed it (at least we blogged about him).

So this year we will be celebrating multiple Vladi birthdays,
starting with his four year-one month birthday...

Wake up Birthday Boy, its time for a mini-cupcake.

Ears back means Vladi is excited. Lick, lick, lick.

V is licking sprinkles off the floor, he must still be hungry...

How 'bout gourmet turkey for the Mature Adult?
(V's ears did NOT go back)...

How 'bout i/d for the sensitive kitty belly?

Oh yeah, that's the stuff!
(it smells like McDonald's french fries)

Happy belated birthday little V-man!


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Happy Birthday to Us

Yesterday was "my" birthday, but of course
that really means gifts for all the boys of the house...

Cake for Vladi...

A new blanket for Tanji...

Happy Brithday Paw

...And a cat night light for Uschi.

Mush, mush, mush.

This lights up Uschi's wheel, litterbox, scratching post,
scratching boxes, pom-pom toy, and Vera Bradley nest.

Enough of that, more cake, please.

Happy Birthday to Us!

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Happy Birthday T & U !

Its Tanjiro and Uschi-Swirl's fifth birthday! We've been spending the day with an extra-long walk outside, extra servings of yummy food, a lot of hugging, and a look back at our second trip to visit the boys (March 7, 2006) when they were five weeks old. We did a blog on this visit long ago, but found archived photos that we never edited.

We had already met mom Skye, the six kittens, and of course their Aunt Kelli when the boys were only two weeks old. At that time marbled Uschi joined the family, and now it was time to see which of his spotted brothers would be coming home with us in May (2006). We drove up to Seattle, excited and ready to see how much the boys had grown.

Kelli had moved Skye and the kittens up to the guest bathroom so we could spend some time curled up with the family, while people visited the other moms and kittens in their rooms. It still sticks in our minds how spotless everything was, seriously white carpet and tile? We only have one room and three cats, yet there is fur and litter flying everywhere. Little did Kelli know that we would spend close to six hours enjoying the gorgeous Skye-babies.

When we showed up, Skye was as sweet as ever.

Please, someone take some of these kittens! :)
(Its amazing how much Vladi looks like his Mom)

There they were, a pile of mewing, tiny kittens.
They looked so fragile, but they were ready to rumble.
(Tanjiro, Uschi-Swirl, Beemer, Comet, Logan, Rocket-Man)

All of a sudden, kittens were stumbling everywhere,
still growing into their lanky legs.

While his spotty brothers were exploring,
it became very clear that Uschi was a Mommys-boy.

He must be really dirty.

Hey, where is Uschi?

Finally his highness makes a guest appearance.

So soft, and so cute.
He's visiting Les, but about a minute later...

Uschi has staked claim to his "Dad."

The first of many, many hugs.

Meanwhile, as we have been oogling Uschi,
the spotties have headed back for a snack.

At this point, we are having a really tough time keeping the boys sorted out (and Les studied photos before the trip up). Luckily Kelli keeps checking on us and re-identifying who is who. That's Tanji getting licked, he has a "dogbone" shape spot above a big round spot on his right side.

Hey, no one told me it was snack time!

Uschi is looking for a place of his own,
his big belly lets us know he's getting plenty of Mom-time.

Skye decides snack time is over...

The brothers are back on the move.

Suddenly everyone is wrestling,... Adorable.

Uschi is rolling around with Beemer.

Its time to get down to business, to pick the brother
that will join Uschi in our family, but that turns out to
be really difficult, they are all so perfect!

I'm cute!

I'm sweet!

I wuv you.

Play with me,...

Can't we have them all?,... No Les, we can not.

Aaah, too much cute!

Uschi and I are watching,... having a good time...

Les is a mix of elation and panic over making the "right" choice.

How about you, little sweetie? (its Tanji)

Tanji seems a little shyer than his brothers,
but something just clicked with him. That's our boy.

Its almost nap time again,
We've been hogging the bathroom for hours,
but are reluctant to head home.

Tanji and Uschi are snuggling together.

We watched them sleep, snapped about 100 more photos,
and when they woke, we took our first family photos...

Ta-Daaaa, our new happy family!

We visited again three weeks later (poor Kelli, we were crazed),
but it was hard to say goodbye.

A final peek at the boys settling in with Skye, and we headed home.

Its five years later, and we still get a little emotional about our kitten visits.

Big hugs to Kelli and all of the families with Skye-babies!


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