Happy Birthday, Gabriel and Mom Sierra

 Hi everybody, it's me, Gabriel. Guess what today be?! 

Today be MY FIRST BIRTHDAY!!

Technically this means me is not a kitten anymore, but Mama says me will always be her baby cat.

Me had a good year this year. Me found a loving home with Mama and my big brother, Giovanni! 

Mama thought it might be fun for me to share some of the things hers has learned about me during my first year of life.

Me loves to be around Mama's neck! Me jumps up on her back and dig my claws in and climb up to her neck. Then me wraps myself around her neck and watches the world from up there. Me does this at least once a day but usually several times a day. Mama likes to call me her "orange scarf." Hers loves it when me wraps my warm, fuzzy body around her neck. Hers says me is so warm and soft. 

Thankful Thursday: Birthday Fun!

 Hi everybody, it's mes, Giovanni! Me is joining Angel Brains' Thankful Thursday blog hop today.

Before me begins, me wants to apologize for the crummy photos in this post. Mama did not do a good job of capturing how adorable me is.

My third birthday was on Sunday.

Me had a good day. Mama had ham for dinner and shared some with me and Gabriel! Ham be our favorite! Later on, we had a nice play session with our new laser pointers. Mama really likes the one with the green light because it is easier for hers to see than the red light. Me and Gabriel go bonkers for it every night at playtime. 

Happy Third Birthday, Giovanni!

 Today is a very special day here. It's Giovanni's third birthday!

To be honest, Giovanni had a rough year.

Just three days before his second birthday, he had to have one of his toes on his back foot amputated because he had a mast cell tumor on it. His mast cell tumor ended up being cancerous. He recovered well (though he tore his bandage off about 40 times during the two and a half weeks he had to wear it!) and adapted well to his missing toe. 

Last May, we lost Tylan. When I brought Giovanni home as a 10-week-old kitten, Tylan welcomed him with open paws. Tylan was so happy to have another kitty friend after we lost our sweet Carmine. Tylan immediately accepted and loved Giovanni from the first minute he entered our lives. And it only took Giovanni 24 hours to return Tylan's love. 

When Giovanni was a kitten, he would curl up right by his new big brother in his heated bed. They were good pals. 

Last June, I brought Gabriel home. Giovanni initially struggled with this. He found Gabriel's kitten energy to be too much. How quickly Giovanni forgot that he was that energetic not too long ago...

Giovanni and Gabriel get along pretty well these days. Gabriel has calmed down a little (but still has lots of energy!). I find the boys curled up together for naps more days than not. They happily sleep together for hours at a time. Giovanni even lets Gabriel bathe his head and face! It's so sweet to watch.

Thankful Thursday: Suckle Blankie

Hi everybody, it's me, Gabriel, and me is joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday blog hop today!

Every week, Mama gathers up all de clothes and washes them. Last week, hers gathered all de clothes and bed sheets like usual, but do you know what?! Hers forgot to wash my suckle blankie!! 

When Mama noticed, hers put my blankie in de laundry basket and got me another blankie to suckle. 

Me was so upset! In fact, me was so upset, me refused to curl up by Mama at wakie time like me does every day. And me didn't even want to be on de bed to hang out with her very much. 

Thankful Thursday: Professional Furniture Assembly

 Hi everyone, we are joining Angel Brain's Thankful Thursday blog hop today.

Look at what got delivered to our house last week! It be an office chair and another bookcase for Mama's bazillion and one books. Mama said that this office chair is for her, so she can start researching and writing her new book, but we know hers really bought it for us! We both really loved napping on this nice box.

Today we be thankful for furniture assembly services. 

This be de new bookcase.

Mama be thankful for professional assembly services because hers knew there was no way hers could put together de new chair or bookcase by herself. We is thankful for de service because we didn't have to hear Mama spewing any HBO words trying to put these things together, MOL!!

What do you be thankful for today?