Well, it started with one cat. Her name is Fluffles. She is super friendly with people and was a stray. Took her in to the house around mid-October of last year.

By around mid-November, we noticed she was getting very... round in the middle. And not in a "just gaining weight" kind of way. Take her to the vet and viola, she is preggers. They do xrays saying that we should be able to see them but unfortunately doesn't work out. They say bring her back in a week and they will do it again (at a lessor cost). Well, unfortunately the next day, she miscarried. [:(] Called the vet and they said once the swelling goes down (in about a month), we can look to get her spayed.

So by the beginning of December... we notice that the "swelling" has not gone down. Take her back to the vet, and they are all like "Well, it could be a fossilized kitten or something. If she isn't in pain, just wait a bit longer. See if she delivers whatever it is naturally." So we wait... About a week later, she is making the same sounds she did when she miscarried. So we put plenty of newspaper down and a blanket. About 2 hours later, something is coming out... The words that come out of my mouth were literally "OMG, it's a kitten. OMG, it's alive!" And thus Nemo entered our lives.

Now on to our next set of feline friends... So, we live in a city where a lot of renos are going on in old houses (like 100+ years old). Well, during the reno happening next door, there must have been some sort of opening between the houses and a feral cat got into our basement. I start feeding her and have a litter box down there so she doesn't completely destroy everything. It gets to the point that they must have sealed off her way out because we start to see her every day.

After about 1.5-2 months, what shows up in our basement but four incredibly adorable kittens with basement cat. Being the masochists we are, basement cat and the kittens all have names: Gob and the Bs (Bee, Bear, Bernard, Butter). For the first 2 weeks, Gob was fine leaving them out where we could see them. Until she wasn't. Then she hid them for 2 weeks in an area we couldn't get to.

As soon as she brought them out again, we scooped them up and put them in the spare bedroom where they have been ever since. Well, now we let them wander the house but Gob stays in the bed room (she does not like people) and Fluffles hates them all (she is incredibly territorial). Nemo and the Bs all play together.

So hopefully on Sunday, we can get all the kittens their shots and such. We have some tenentive adoptive families for them in the next 2 weeks. Then at the beginning of October, we will get Gob spayed and when she is healed, let her back outside.