Kitties & Babies say, "MEOW"

Our niece, Stephanie, was 30+ weeks pregnant with her first baby the same time our other niece Amy's cat, Veranishka was pregnant with her first litter of kitties. (Veraniskha is a Ukrainian name, which I spelled phonetically). Rebecca & Mary-Gail were super excited about the kitty being pregnant and understood that "Ver" had baby kitties in her tummy. We told Rebecca & Mary-Gail that Stephanie was pregnant too, but they looked at us like we were crazy. When we'd see Stephanie on Sunday's @ Carol's house, we reminded the girls that Stephanie had a baby in her tummy just like Ver did. "No!' was Rebecca & Mary-Gail's response. I just don't think they could grasp the idea that a person could be pregnant. To be honest, I still have a hard time realizing that I carried Rebecca & Mary-Gail inside me, even though I was privileged to see them via ultrasound monthly. It really is hard to realize that there is another human, another person, inside you.

But 2 weeks ago Ver had her litter of kitties - 5 in all (and I helped deliver kitty #1 and broke it's bag). And 2 weeks ago Stephanie had her little boy, and he is so so so cute! Rebecca & Mary-Gail were so excited to see the baby kitties: they were so cute with them! Becca & Miguel went around saying, "Meow, Meow, Meow" in higher-than-normal pitched voices - I guess to emphasize the little kitties' sounds. So when Rebecca & Mary-Gail saw Stephanie's little boy last Sunday, we asked them, "What do little babies say?" And Mary-Gail said, "Meow, Meow, Meow." I guess Stephanie has a little, baby-boy kitty. Too cute!

"Ver"with her 5 little kitties

Rebecca being ever-so-careful with the kitties

Rebecca's dialogue with Ver & her kitties:

"It's OK. It's OK little kitties. Awww, so cute!"

Another little love-pat from Rebecca

The doggie's kennel - a favorite spot for Mary-Gail & Rebecca

MG: "Whoops! Kitty rolled over!"

MG: "Momma kitty"

I tried to tell Mary-Gail that she was this little when she was born;

she was so un-interested & un-impressed