Introducing Figaro

About a month ago a friend of ours ended up with a litter of kittens & was desperately needing homes for all of them. Even though we have quite a full house, by Hubby thought it would be a good idea to get some "young blood" up in the house since all of our cats are 5-7 years old now. I was hesitant at first, but after spending time with the little brood as they were growing, we got quite attached to the little tuxedo boy in the group. We fell in love!

Figaro @ 1 month

Once he was old enough to leave his mama, we took him home to our "zoo" & have been enjoying his kitty energy so very much. Of course, not all the cats feel the same way, bringing him home was like throwing a monkey wrench in a well oiled machine. But slowly & surely everybody is beginning to get along & we are enjoying every crazy minute of it.

Figaro @ 2 1/2 months...getting bigger

The "outline" trend, with special guest appearance:

I don't know if ya'll have seen this new trend, I saw it on the runway & thought it was kinda interesting & a little odd looking too, it's called outline or border nail art & I figured I may as well give it a try...can't hurt & if I hate it I'll just take it off. I chose more subtle colors than I saw on the runway because I wanted to ease into the trend so I chose a light mint color from China Glaze called Re-Fresh Mint & a pretty gold color from OPI called Glitzerland.

I think it turned out really pretty & I took a whole bunch of pictures trying to get all angles with different flowers & my pretty gold & teal snake ring that matched. Then my Cinco de Maio babies, Marco & Maria, decided they were not going to miss a photo shoot & joined in the fun. 

Cats & Dogs & Hubby's, oh my...

Husband tag! This is my dear Hubby who puts up with my craziness every day, Thank you baby!

Maria, aka. Pumpkin

Marco

Marco & Maria, born in my house on Cinco de Maio, therefore the Latin names. Their mom was hit by a car while pregnant with them, luckily she survived & had these little angels, but being feral she eventually ran away. Since I was very involved with them since birth they think I am their mommy. Maria waits for me to come home every day & doesn't leave my side when I am home. Marco reserves a spot on my chest every night for bed time, Maria at my feet.

This is Hobbes, we rescued him from BARC. He is a "crazy psycho jungle cat". He loves to play fetch & tag with his Daddy, he thinks he's one of the dogs. BIG Daddy's boy!

Meet Bella le Poof. Our pretty mini princess, also a rescue from BARC, she's so tiny but don't let her size fool you, she can hang with the big boys any day.

PUMA, aka: the Fluffmeister, all cuddles & play makes this kitty ok...unless you are a dog, sorry, he just doesn't like dogs. But we're working on it.

Our Russian Blue: Manny, aka. CHUNK, aka. "Grey Feather". Wish I had a better picture that showed his beautiful green eyes, but he is always sleeping or barely awake. He loves to lay on your belly, but he's quite a big cat, that's why we gave him the Indian name "Grey Feather" cause he thinks he's light as a feather, lol.

Abigail, aka. ABBY: Daddy found her running in the middle of the freeway on his way to Austin, she was so tired & dirty. She is such an athlete, she can clear a 6 ft. fence, so we had to build an 8 ft. one. Don't even pretend there's a squirrel, she'll be half way up the tree looking for it. If you want to calm her down though, all you gotta do is rub the chest...what a sweetheart. 

And last, but definitely not least if she has anything to say about it, we have "I'm so cute, I'm so pretty" ALLY. Somebody dumped her in the alley behind our house, some jerk's loss was our gain because she is just the sweetest thing. Always the center of attention, so sensitive & a big Daddy's girl. 

Well, that's all I got for today...more to come soon!

Have a blessed day!