Mine Gotcha Day

Oh My Catness! How long has it been so Mommy let us post last! WOW!! Over a year?! Mommy has not been a good kitty Mommy lately at all!! However, today is mine Gotcha Day!!!! Three years ago little me came to live with Mommy and Daddy and Dante and Captain Jack (And Samwise and Beaux too). My how things have changed since then - just look!!! That was me when I was just a wee little lad! In fact, it took me a while to figure out whether I wanted to hang about - for the longest time I was called Little Kitty or LK because I was so very little!! But it was with the help of all of the cat bloggers that I began to feel better (all those purrayers and purrs really meant a lot!!) and so I decided to stay and go to my furrever home. And here I was ony my Gotcha Day!! I was playing with my Cheese Chase game - oh I loved that game!! Good memories!!

And here I am now, sleeping on the couch. Life is good three years later!! Now if only Mommy would help me to blog more often!!

And in case you were wondering, Captain Jack and I know get along wonderfully!

Dante: Fagin! Don't lie!

Okay Okay. Captain Jack and I still do not get along but we are learning to live together.

Thank you for coming to visit on my Gotcha Day. My wish is that Mommy will help us to blog a lot more. What can I do to make sure she gives me my wish. Any ideas kitties?!?!

Happy Birthday Fagin

The kitties of the Black Furball would like to wish Quartermaster Fagin the Demonic a very

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY!!

And for his birthday, Fagin has recieved a promise to Mommy to help us blog again. YAY!!! We hope our old friends remember us and we look forward to making some new friends too!!

Oh, it's Mommy's birthday today too. Happy Birthday Mommy!

Mancat Monday

As you know, our new Cabin Boy arrived a couple of weeks ago. Since then life has really changed around here - you would not believe how loud little humans can be - especially at 3am! Since Mommy and Daddy are so busy with the new baby, we've decided that real mancats help out with their little humans.

Right now Cabin Boy is sleeping in a bassinet in the big room with Mommy and Daddy. Dante was afraid the bassinet might float away and carry the Cabin Boy off so he has taken to sleeping in the storage basket underneath. Also, this way the brave First Mate can defend the baby against all attackers! Dante is certainly a fierce mancat!!

Captain Jack is helping out by guarding Callum's new room since he is not in it yet to protect it himself. As you can see, the fierce Captain is sacrificing his own self and comfort by sleeping on the pad on the changing table. Also, he has to make sure that its comfortable enough for our Cabin Boy to be laid on. Captain Jack is one brave kitty!!

Finally, brave Samwise is also helping out by guarding Callum night and day. Here he is sleeping alongside our little one to keep all of the bad dreams and nightmares away. Samwise is certainly an inspiration to all mancat woofies the world over!

Cabin Boy is Here!!

The kitties and crew of the Black Furrball are pleased to announce the arrival of our Cabin Boy, Callum Andrew. Callum was born on November 25, 2009 at 5:54am. He weighed 8lbs, 8 ounces and was 21 inches long.

Here he is sleeping in his bassinet in the hospital. Isn't he cute?

Here is a portrait of all of the human members of the Black Furrball. This was taken the day after Callum was born while Mommy and Daddy were still in the hospital with Callum. They were actually there for 5 days but it was okay because Uncle Dave came over lots to take care of us.

No member of the Black Furrball is consider ship shape and ready to sail without an examination from our personal V-E-T Aunt Susan. From the look on her face, he seems to have passed. Aunt Susan is little Callum's godmother.

Daddy took this picture Monday night while we were watching the Saints game. Callum enjoyed his first Saints game a lot!!

We are doing very well with all of the changes of bringing Cabin Boy home. Mommy and Daddy are making sure that we get paid attention to as much as possible. Daddy brought home a blanket of Callum's the day before he came home so we could get used to the new smells of the baby and Mommy has let us all look at him too. The only problem is Captain Jack and Dante both want to sleep in Callum's bassinet but other than that, things seem to be going quite well. Thank you all for your well wishes - we really appreciate them all!!

It's Getting Exciting Around Here!

Heya kitties! As most of you are pretty aware, our Mommy has a kitten in her tummy that will be coming out soon. Cabin Boy, as we call him, is due any day now and things are getting very exciting around our house!

On Saturday Nana and Grandpa came over and brought the coolest thing - a glider chair!

Mommy says it's to rock Cabin Boy in but as you can see from the picture, Captain Jack disagrees. It is now his favorite place in the house and Mommy and Daddy will rock it for him while he is laying on it and he just adores it! We do not know if he will share with Cabin Boy or not; we think he considers it his own pirate booty. Nana and Grandpa also brought over a cradle swing for Cabin Boy. Mommy says they are going to put the Captain in it and turn it on to see if he likes that rocking but Daddy is afraid he will like it too much and take it over too.

Mommy told us today that her very last day day hunting for a while is Wednesday. We is very excited that she will be home with us for a few weeks - 12 of them to be exact! YAY!!

Samwise is very excited that Thursday is Turkey Day. It is his absolute favorite holiday because he gets a ton of turkey which is one of his favorite foods. Mommy and Daddy were not going to take him to Nana and Grandpa's this year, just in case Cabin Boy decides to come (Mommy's nurse says the busiest day of the year for having babies is Thanksgiving), but Nana assures her they will bring Samwise home so he gets to go and have turkey and ham and dressing and all the good foods. He is so excited that he cannot wait.

Cabin Boy will be here soon. YAY!!!

Tybalt's Blurpy is Here!!

The Purrageous Pirates are pleased to announce that Tybalt's blurpy has arrived!! Chloe Renea was born a little after 6pm tonight and weighed 6lbs, 14.7ozs. She was 20 inches long. Mommy talked to their Grandmama and both baby and Mommy are doing wonderful!! YAY!!!!!

Mancat Monday

For this Mancat Monday, we have two mancat guidelines to discuss. The first will be presented by Captain Jack!

Captain Jack: Real mancats know how to show their true feelings. You see, our Nana and Grandpa came over Saturday to bring some things they had picked up for the Cabin Boy. Well, there were some snuggly blankets in what they brought that just had to be for me, right? So I decided to thank Nana by climbing up on her lap and making biscuits as hard as I could. I had to show my appreication, right? Can you believe that she tried to push me off and said "Jack, that hurts!" I was most displeased so to show her how angry I was, I had to put the bitey on her hand. That will show her not to let me show her my thanks in future, right?

Uh yeah, Captain, whatever you say, just don't bite us!

Our second mancat guideline is that all real mancats know how to get the 5 star treatment. You may remember us telling you about the black cat that showed up on Aunt Susan and Uncle Dave's front porch this past Halloween. Well, Mommy was over there last night and Hootie, as they are calling him, was still there! He refuses to stay in the house though so Aunt Susan made him a right snug little nest on the front porch complete with heating pad for when it gets cold. And he is a real mancat as he knows how to get attention. Mommy walked by the front door and he meowed and headbutted the door until Mommy came out outside. She sat on the glider on the porch and Hootie jumped up into her lap (not easy with the Cabin Boy due any day now) and purred and headbutted her. She tried to snap a picture of him but he would not cooperate, preferring to be petted and worshipped to being photographed. Mommy says he is one of the sweetest kitties ever and the good news is his leg is better (Aunt Susan examined him and X-rayed him and even had another V-E-T that she works with look at him and they cannot see an injury or deformation so hopefully its just a sprain that will heal on its own) and that he combo tested negative. Aunt Susan said she will try to find him a forever home soon, but that he is quite snug on their porch until then. He is well on his way to being very spoiled because if there is anything Aunt Susan does well, its spoil kitties and woofies...that and making them healthy and well too - just ask Fagin!

Mancat Mystery Monday

Hiya mateys!! It's been a long time since our last blog post, we know, but Mommy has been a lazy person and has not been helping us. We will forgive her for now because dude, her tummy is HUGE! She's bigger than Dante even!! That's going to be one big kitten when he gets here!! And he will be here soon - probably this very month!! WOW!!

To follow up on our last post, we asked if you could guess the chef that Daddy was cooking with. Here's the picture again, you case you forgot.

Some of you guessed Alton Brown, and although you were close (we live in Atlanta and so does Mr. Brown), that is not who this is. This chef was on the show Top Chef a couple of seasons ago, he did not win but came in 2nd place, and has a very successful resturant here in Atlanta. Still no idea? Mommy says you have two other hints - people always remark on his hair AND he really really likes liquid nitrogen. Still no idea? Go here for the answer!!

Well, we had a very nice weekend here at the Black Furrball. On Saturday, Daddy put up the closet organizer in our pirate hang out- we mean in the Cabin Boy's room. Captain Jack tried to take many naps in the new crib, but Mommy kept squirting him with water and running him out every time she caught him. Maybe one day he will learn.

On Saturday night the beans went to Aunt Susan and Uncle Dave's house for Halloween celebrations (we stayed home and napped) and Mommy met a NEW KITTY! Aunt Susan and Uncle Dave woke up the day of Halloween to find a solid black kitty sitting on their front porch - very Halloween like. Right now he is staying in their basement and Aunt Susan is taking him to work today because he has a limpy leg that she wants to look at. Mommy says he is very very sweet - he crawled into her arms and purred lots and made biscuits all over her shoulder.

Mommy made up for being gone all Saturday night by staying home and laying around with us on Sunday. Daddy went to work at the resturant all day so we had her home to ourselves. Captain Jack slept on her and we all watched bad tv and took naps. YAY!! Have a great week kitties!!

Finally Friday

We are so glad that it is Finally Friday, for lots of reasons. First of all, our woofie Samwise is home and safe. This is a picture Daddy took of Sammy yesterday morning. We think he was saying "I do not like it here. Can we go home now, please please please?" The V-E-T had to pull two of his teeths and was unable to sew the wound up (not enough healthy tissue because the teeth were very bad) so he has an open wound in his mouth. What this means is Samwise gets lots of Auntie Botiks and pain med-a-shuns and he gets to eat as much stinky goodness as he wants for a few days because he cannot have crunchies. Thank you all for your purrs and purryers. We all really appreciate it.

Secondly, we are thankful that it is Finally Friday because both of our beans will be home all weekend - unlike last weekend. Last weekend we had Mommy all to ourselves all day on Caturday because Daddy had to go and cook FOODS for people, at a cemetery no less (Purrageous Mom: It was a dinner for participants of a Halloween event at this particular historic cemetery so that is why they had the dinner there). Here is a picture of Daddy cooking - he is in the black shirt on the right.

Can you guess who is on the left? He has on Halloween makeup so he looks a little different than normal. Mommy says if you or your beans are something called "a foodie" then his hair should be a huge hint. Your other hint is that this person has been has been on TV lots. Do you know?

Finally, we are happy it is Friday because Fridays now mean Daddy is home with us from day hunting, all day. Yay!! That means we have someone to wait on us and serve as as we should be taken care of. Oh, and he can make sure samwise is doing well too! Have a great weekend everykitty!

Samwise at the V-E-T

That is right kitties. As we type this, our woofie Samwise is at the V-E-T getting ready to have his teeths cleaned. Daddy took him this morning. The very good news is that his cornea is completely healed and the V-E-T is very happy with his progress there. She just wants him to have his eye cleaned and Auntie Botiked one more day and then his is done there. The bad news is Daddy had to leave our Sammy at the V-E-T so they can so all sorts of awful things to him - they may call it teeths cleaning but who knows what they will do to him!!!!

We are worried about him and so is Mommy. Mommy says she is worried because they will put him under 'stesia so they can clean his teeths. We do not know what that means but it sounds scary - What Daddy? It means make Sammy take a nap? But he will wake up again, right? Daddy says he will wake up just fine and that Daddy will pick him up at 4:30 from the V-E-T and bring him home. Mommy is still worried though so any purrs or purrayers would be much appreciated. Thanks!! We will keep you updated!!

Wordless Wednesday

Mandog Monday Update

Today we have an update on our puppy brother Samwise. As we told you kitties about on Friday, Sammy had to go to the V-E-T because he had owies in both eyes! Well, Daddy came home early from day hunting on Friday to take Sammy. That vet, Dr Becky, who is friends with our Aunt Susan, put dyes is Samwise's eyes and yep, he had a very stratched left eye. His right eye is okay, just irritated from Sammy pawing at his face. He is on the same pain medication and topical eye Auntie Botiks that Aunt Susan put him on. However, when Dr. Becky was looking at Samwise's mouth, she found some really nasty teeth. Aunt Susan showed them to Mommy on Saturday and Mommy says they are not pretty at all. What this means is Sammy has to go back to the V-E-T on Thursday to have his teeths cleaned and has to take an oral Auntie Botik to help clear up that infection. Poor Sammy!! Four V-E-T checks in one week - of course two of them were Aunt Susan either coming to our house or Mommy taking him to her house where he got to see his girlfriend Storm and her sister Romy, but still!! Poor Sammy!

Wait, what was that Sammy? Oh, yeah! Sam wants us to thank all of your for your purrs and purrayers that he feels better. He thinks that is why his eyes are healing so very fast. He would also appreciate it if you would all purr for him on Thursday, when he had to go back to the V-E-T. He is a bit nervous about that, as they will have to knock him out to clean his teeth. Mommy is nervous about it too! Thanks everykitty!!

Samwise has an Owie!

Heya kitties! It's Captain Jack and I am here with some unhappy news. My woofie, Samwise, has an owie - two owies actually. Yesterday when Mommy got home from dayhunting she looked at Samwise and realized something was not right! One of this eyes was completely closed and leaky and the other was only half open and leaky and both were really RED! She called Aunt Susan who came over to look at him and Samwise has owies alright! He has a very obvious ulcerated cornea in one eye and the other eye is very red and inflamed. Aunt Susan also said from his eye dialation that Sammy is in pain from his owie eyes. She had some eye Auntie Botiks that she and Mommy put in his eyes and Mommy has some pain med-a-shuns for him too. Today, Daddy is taking him to a V-E-T clinic to have dyes put in his eyes so the amount of trauma can be determined (Aunt Susan could not do this from home so we're going to the clinic our Aunt Mary works at). Poor Samwise!! We hope our favorite puppy cat gets better soon!!

Mommy Has a Sad

Heya kitties! Sorry it has been so long since we last updated but we've had lots going on with the Cabin Boy coming soon and all. We've got lots of pictures to show you of our pirate hangout room being converted into the Cabin Boy's nursery but those will have to wait until Mommy can locate the cable that gets the pictures onto the computer from the camera. Daddy has been selling lots of computer stuff on Ebay lately and that cable is somewhere in the abyss known as "The Study" and Mommy and us have been scared to go down there lately to look for it!!

In other news, the Cabin Boy is growing big and strong. At least check he was almost three whole weeks ahead and getting bigger everyday. Unfortunately, when they stole Mommy's bloods a few weeks ago they discovered that she has something called di-a-bee-tus from the Cabin Boy. Do you know what this means kitties? NO ICECREAM OR FRENCHY FRIES FOR US!! We is not happy about this at all!! Mommy says that when the Cabin Boy gets here we will be able to have ice cream and frenchy fries again but that is such a long time away. Purrageous Mom: It's less than two months kitties. He will be here around Turkey Time. See, it is a LONG TIME!!!

Finally, we just wanted to say that Mommy has a sad today. She found out last night that a Special Person passed away on Tuesday. This Special Person was like an adopted grandfather to her while she was growing up from a kitten and she is very sad. He passed away on the 6th anniversary of Daddy's brother's death so it has been a sad week all around.

Meow Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy mateys!!! Welcome aboard the decks of the much feared Black Furrball. Ahoy the Cat O'Nine Tails and her fearsome crew!!! Captain Jack and crew are almost ready to depart to our port of call for this year - the mystical Isle of Baast - a kitty paradise that cannot be found on a map but instead can only be found by those who know where it is. Good for us, Captain Jack knows where it is. As we get ready to make way, please feel free to wander the decks and help yourself to the treats and noms that our pirate wench (Mommy) has placed out for us -including all kinds of seafood and even HAMM!! To the left you will find Fagin with lots of fishing poles and nets for those who wish to fish. There be hammocks for napping, and lots of pirate catnip rum for sipping.

In order to get to the Isle of Baast our first stop is the infamous Bermuda Triangle. The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels are alleged to have mysteriously disappeared and cannot be explained as human error, piracy, equipment failure, or natural disasters. Popular culture has attributed some of these disappearances to the paranormal, a suspension of the laws of physics, or activity by extraterrestrial beings. But we know the truth kitties- the Bermuda Triangle is nothing more than one big teleyport machine - one of the few enterances to the Isle of Baast. Let's go!!

Be not afraid kitties, the Captain and crew have made this trip numerous times. Captain Jack will see us through. We will arrive momentarily.......

And here we are, at the Isle of Baast - the paradise island for kitties of all sizes, colors and meows.AH!!! The Isle of Baast!! There be beaches for sun and fun, plenty of seafood and noms and goodies, and even natives to see to our every need. Enjoy yourselves kitties and now, join in us in our call - Meow Like a Pirate - ME-ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Mommy Update Monday

Hey kitties! Someone of you and your beans have asked how our Mommy and little Cabin Boy are doing, so we thought we would use this Monday to tell you all about it. First of all, Mommy has gotten big and fat! We are not kidding, she has! Just look!!

Mommy took this picture of herself last weekend for our Aunt Adri who asked her how big she is. She says she was 27 weeks pregnant here so that means she has 13 more weeks (less than 12 now) to get even bigger! We wonder how Mommy will fit out the door soon - she is bigger than our house!!

On a serious note, we have been doing a good job of keeping Mommy's blood pressures down and of making sure she gets plenty of rest. Her blood pressures are still borderline high, but the doctor thinks all will be well there. Unfortunately, right when we get this fixed, something else pops up. Mommy had to have a test a little over a week ago to make sure the sugars in her bloods are okay - well, she failed that test. Flunked it bad. This means that tommorow she has to go to a LAB place for three whole long, boring, hours to have another sugar in bloods test run. They is going to steal her bloods FOUR TIMES kitties! Its bad!! If she fails it, no more ice cream for us!! Can you believe it?? We really really hope she passes this test! Maybe we should help her study for it. What do you kitties think?

Finally, we just wanted to tell you - all of our bestest kitty, woofie and bean friends, thank you so much for all of your love and support. Mommy says that it has been a challenging time growing the Cabin Boy in her tummy, but it will all be worth it when he gets here. Thank you again. We really appreciate it and are truly touched by the outpouring of purrs, purrayers and love!

Our Pirate Den is No More

Kitties, we had a very traumatic weekend. We learned some bad news - our very own pirate den room is being taken away from us and the humans are giving it to the Cabin Boy! You see kitties, we've always had the "guest room" as our room - our big bed was in it and some of our toys. The room was gated off so only kitties, and no woofies, could come in. It was the room that Fagin stayed in when he first came to live with us. Well, a few weekends ago Daddy and Uncle Dave took all of the furniture out of the rooom - even our bed! We heard them say they was going to paint it so we thought "Finally! They are going to fix up our pirate den in a way that befits such rare and fierce pirates as us three!" Aunt Susan came over and they put all this white putty stuff on the walls and Mommy showed us the color she choose to paint it - its called "Drifting Dunes" which is pawsome cause pirate hangouts should be sand colored right?

We got all excited until we heard Mommy and Daddy talking - they renamed our pirate room "The Baby's Room." Why? BECAUSE THEY ARE GIVING OUR ROOM AWAY TO THE CABIN BOY!! NOT FAIR!!! And then we heard the woman that claims to be our mother say she was going to lock us out of the room because she did not know how else to keep us out of the crib. How dare she!! Kitties, we are going to rebel - we will not stand for this!! How could she?!?!

(PS: This is the Purrageous Mom. Does anyone out there have any ideas other than utter banishment of the kitties from the room? They adore that room but I do not want them sleeping in the Cabin Boy's bed and I know that space will be way too tempting for the kitties. I hate to lock them out, but I think I might have to. Thanks!)

Thankful Thursday

We wanted to take a moment to say Thank You to all of you - our wonderful kitty, woofie, and bean friends. You have been so wonderful to us and our Mommy over the last month, that we cannot express how grateful we are. As you know, Mommy has been sorta sick with the kitten that is in her tummy, and we've had some real big scares. Knowing the entire time that we had such wonderful friends purring and purraying for us really helped. We truly think that it is what has been keeping Mommy and Cabin Boy healthy and off of bedrest and out of the hospital. Thank you all!

Tabby Terror Tuesday

It's ME kitties, FAGIN!! YAY!!! FAGIN has decided that FAGIN likes Mommy having a kitten in her tummy for one reason - FAGIN'S SNOOGLE!!! You see, Mommy and Daddy bought FAGIN the SNOOGLE PILLOW to sleep with - what's that Dante? Mommy bought the Snoogle for Mommy? UH HUH!!! NO WAY!!!

What is a Snoogle you may ask? FAGIN will tell you! It's a special pillow for kitties with pregnant Mommies who have hurty backs and hips. Here is a link to the website for it and here is FAGIN'S proof that Mommy and Daddy bought the SNOOGLE for FAGIN!! YAY!!!

Doesn't FAGIN look cute and comfy all cuddled up with HIS SNOOGLE? Forgive the poor quality picture kitties - Daddy took this with this camera phone because he left Mommy's camera at work. You see, FAGIN was just too adorable to resist!! MINE SNOOGLE! YAY!!!

And what will happen if anyone tries to take FAGIN'S SNOOGLE away from FAGIN you might ask??

FAGIN LASERBEAMS OF COURSE!! FAGIN SNOOGLE DEFENSE SYSTEM - ACTIVATED!!!

Manly Monday

We had a lovely story here (it was about a black lab named Reggie - we undertand its on Snopes if you want to read it) that we later found out people thought was real and got angry when they discovered it was not. For that reason, we have removed it. Sorry for any confusion.