M vs. M

All rise for the honorable judge. Please be seated. The defense may make opening statements.

M's defense attorney: Your honor, everyone surrounding Ms. M is opposed to her keeping all of the kittens including their mom.  

Prosecution: Ehem. I would like the cons stated for the record. M has three cats already and they don't get along. She also has three dogs that occasionally get attacked by the cats. If she keeps the entire litter and their mother, M is going to end up with NINE cats. No outdoor cat enclosure is going to save her. 

Suspect #1

Name: Trouble

Age: 48 days

Color: tuxedo kitten

Race: feline

Gender: male

PROS: Trouble is special. He's the only male. He has a beauty mark and a goatee. He eats out of M's hand. He runs to greet M every time she enters the nursery. Trouble can do the splits.

Suspect #2

Name: Alley Alarm aka Allie

Age: 48 days

Color: pointed kitten

Race: feline

Gender: female

PROS: Allie is a riot. She's the wildest of the bunch and she keeps changing colors. She's got white and fawn toes. M loves a good challenge.

Suspect #3

Name: Lolita aka Loli

Age: 48 days

Color: calico

Race: feline

Gender: female

PROS: She's the baby. Loli spends her days on her back sucking on her toes. Sometimes, she rushes and attacks her siblings. M finds this behavior adorable. 

Suspect #4

Name: Teddy Smudge (did somebody mention cute kitten names?)

Age: 48 days

Color: pointed dilute calico kitten

Race: feline

Gender: female

PROS: Her name, for starters. She's also a quiet kitten that gets along with everyone. She's got a cute goatee, and amazing markings.

Suspect #5

Name: Puddles, named after you-know-who

Age: 48 days

Color: calico kitten

Race: feline

Gender: female

PROS: She is nuts over M. Puddles runs to greet M and then rubs herself all over her purring. She was the first of the kittens to purr at the human touch. She loves kitten treats. 

Suspect #6

Name: Farrah, aka Mama

Age: under a year most likely

Color: charcoal and white with beautiful markings

Race: feline

Gender: female

PROS: M bonded with Farrah the minute she arrived. Even though Farrah attacked M, rather aggressively causing quite a bit of damage, M feels Farrah was just being protective of her angels. She's worried about her the most since she may be the hardest to socialize in our multi-pet cross breed home. 

At the moment, M cannot bear the thought of breaking up this bundle of cuteness, help her do the right thing.

Defense and  Prosecution attorneys rest their case. It's up to you, the jury now. 

Twinkie

Newborn Kitten Fever

It was to be expected. Nobody can sustain such cuteness overload without being affected. It hit M big time. She's building an outdoor enclosure for the cats. My worry is that she'll have us live in the outdoor cat enclosure and give the house to the cats. I will share with you photos of the cat enclosure once the project is completed.

The cute newborn kittens are now two weeks old. Their eyes are open and they play with each other. Their mom takes excellent care of them. A funny thing happened last night. Out of the two calico kittens, one started turned muted calico. It barely shows in the pictures but it will become more obvious in a couple of days. M even shot a special calico kitten video, for the cat lovers:

Calico Kitten Video:

We did take into consideration all the cute kitten names you suggested, but so far it's impossible to name them with the exception of the calicos. Calico kitten names: Puddles and Pebbles.

Kitten pictures:

We call him Trouble for now

He's the most active, curious, animated and interactive of the kittens

Hug?

Playtime!

More playing

Playing all day long

The calicos are playful too

The muted one is on top

When they're not playing, they're eating or sleeping

Off to pester M to see if we're going to get dinner today. If it comes down to it, I'm going to start eating cat food soon. How bad can it be?

Twinkie

Newborn Kittens | Day 2 and Bonus Kitten Video

As the cute and inventive and thoughtful cute kitten names keep pouring in, we're starting to have fun with the newborn kittens. They are more active by the minute, they make cute kitten noises, and they even have organized speed races on their tummies: The winner makes it all the way around their birthing box, a drawer.

Kitten pictures - A sequence

Watch the white and buff colored one

On your mark. Get set. And he's off!

About to manage a full U-turn

Running out of steam

Crashing

Crash!

The observer from LOlcats icanhascheezburger

Cute kitteh iz making fun of his bro already

Cute kitten names suggested yesterday:

Earl, Suzy Q, Sno Ball, Hoho, Ding Dong, Puddles, Duddles, Raindrop, Venezuela, Fifa, Pele, Beckham, Max, Lucy, Amigo, Khrya, Snookums, Patches, Cali, Rivers, Lakie, Speckles, Fawn, Holly, Dink, Rudy, Frankie, Brax, Bobo Jr., Little Jo, Peanut, Miss Kitty, Benny, Mona, Frankie, Albert, and Lorenza!!! As if the kittens' presence wasn't overwhelming enough, the kitten names you're coming up with are adorable. What to do?

Many of you, correctly assumed the calico kittens, aka tortoiseshell kittens, are most likely female. I'll get back to you on this one after I'm completed my research. In Greece, where my mom grew up, nobody wanted a calico kitty because they're considered . . . nuts! Silly greek old wives and their tales!

Bonus Kitten Video

Me hopes you enjoyed today's newborn kitten edition.

Twinkie

Newborn Kittens | Full Debut

Having newborn kittens is disorienting. It's exhilarating, entertaining, a lot of work, and it makes one goofy and giddy. So, we asked for your help picking kitten names yesterday. Some of you had funny suggestions and some actually came up with cute kitten names. I'll include them all... But first, let me share with you some newborn kitten pictures.

Kitten Pictures

Fresh out of the oven

"The Huddle"

The pack

All these cute kittens, with the exception of one need cute kitten names

Your kitten name suggestions so far: Sagira; Smiggle; Cuddles; Pataches; Toodles; Toby, Jeter, Ginger and/or Halle the Grand Diva (a bit of a mouthful as far as kitten names go); Stormy; Sprinkle(s); Misty; Thunder; Cloud; Ashley, Gracie or Cinder for a grey one; Madi, Captcha, Catcha, Fishface; Hamburger Helper, Mac&Cheese, or Pumpkin Pie (those from an obviously hungry friend); and Bunny, a not bad suggestion whatsoever.

And now back to more kitten pictures to better help us decide.

I also wanted to share with you a momma cat picture, so you can see how relieved and content she is

She did great and is very healthy and attentive to her newborn kittens, if only she'd stop attacking the hand that feeds her!

Puddles, the superstar

After making her debut yesterday, she's requested we add "Diva" to her name. We're humoring her, pretending we're considering it.

 All the happy newborn kittens

Now that you've seen them all, any more name suggestions? I'm sure you realize by now that we all eat, drink, sleep, and dream . . . kittens and that we'll be sharing kitten pictures and updates for a short while. Hope you enjoy!

Twinkie

Newborn Kittens

The newborn kittens are here!!! We are too excited, moved, elated . . . no words, really. They are all beautiful, healthy, and strong. The ex pregnant cat, Farrah, seems absolutely relieved. She's in great health and won't stop purring and taking care of her cute kittens. I'm not going to tell you yet how many they are. I'm going to give you a sneak peak of one kitten though. We need four kitten names. We welcome all suggestions, except for this one. This one is got it's name yesterday, a few hours before his birth. There are too many cute kitten names to chose from, but this one is in honor of our blog friend. This blog is about to be filled with kitten pictures. For now, may I present to you . . . 

Puddles!

Twinkie