kitties

our cat, ember, had her kittens yesterday.

7.

yes.

seven.

no, i'm none too thrilled...

see, she sort of went into heat--outside--when i didn't know it...

(obviously) before i was able to get her spayed...

but, it is what it is,

and all of that aside,

gosh, they're cute:

(excuse the junk-tastic picture quality--closet lighting = blurry, ugly, grainy pics)

3 of them look like this,

3 look like this,

and 1 looks like this...and is a lot cuter in person.

the girls *accidentally* got to watch the 7th one be born.

i was letting them look before nap/rest time, because i thought she was done.

they had been so excited all morning long that they could barely focus on school work,

but i didn't want to upset her while she was in labor.

anyway, all of a sudden she started to yowl again and there it was!

they were kind of confused at first, but i started explaining it

and before we knew it, we had covered the functions of an amniotic sac,

umbilical cord and placenta.

home school, yes?

ali even asked to hold "the slimy one" when she woke up from her nap.

yuck.

thankfully, slimy was slimy no more.

ember's a good mommy.

=)

ps make your reservation for a kitty now!

i'm serious.