The Zoo

The animals have been super cute lately.  Jelly is typically the cat that will go up to lay down with the dogs but recently Slinky has been getting closer and closer to laying down with the dogs.  He was practically on top of Abbey last night but I didn't have a camera near me. 

Chewie and Jelly

Abbey and Jelly

Slinky - he slept on his back like this for over an hour.  He didn't even flinch when I took a few photos and the flash went off.  It is hard to see, but he little mouth was slightly open.  Too cute!

Cat hang out... Slinky on the left and Jelly on the right

Bluebonnets!!!

This year Austin was blessed with a great Bluebonnet crop! Last year due to the lack of rain and late freezes there were absolutely no wild flowers in the area so I couldn't get pictures with Abbey. This was the first year that I could get our little boo boo out in the flowers and I wanted to take advantage of that! In the years past I have gotten really good photos with Chewie and Taylor, so now it was Abbey's turn :)

I guess the sun was a little to much for Chewie... he here is completely happy to be sunning himself.

I LOVE this picture! It was the closest that I could get Chewie and Abbey together without trying to get up and walk away. Jim and I were doing our best to get the dogs to sit...then to look at the camera. Sure Abbey is about 3 feet behind Chewie in the picture, but it works :)
Abbey smelling the flowers

And while the pups were running around smelling flowers, the kittens were resting at home. Probably happy that they had the place to themselves. Here is Jelly resting near the window


And Slinky is on the other side sunning himself.

The kids!

Our household officially has more animals than humans, and we are perfectly happy with that! :) We adopted Jelly and Slinky a couple of weeks ago after fostering them for 6 weeks from the Austin Animal Shelter. Originally we wanted to foster to see how the dogs got a long with kittens and vice versa. All of the animals got along so well, we couldn't bear to let them go :) So now I have PLENTY of photo opportunities of the kids playing, and if you read my blog then accept the fact that you'll be subjected to lots of animal photos :)

One thing that I have noticed is that Jelly seems to bother Chewie more and hang out near him, and Slinky bothers Abbey more and will play with her over Chewie. I wonder if the kittens picked out their favorites or if it will change as they get older?

A stare down between Chewie and Jelly

The cute look over the shoulder look from Abbey :)


Jelly hanging out on the couch

Jelly

Slinky resting on the windowsill... ignore the dirty outside window ;)

The kittens have started to play with the dogs tails. It is pretty cute to watch them bat around and chase the dogs tails. The dogs look at us like "what did you bring into our house?" every time the kittens get a little feisty!

Slinky and Abbey

Our Sweet Baby, Abbey

Jelly

Chunky Chewie Chalupa

Slinky and Jelly

I love how Jelly is hugging Slinky!! (I am hoping that he is hugging rather than strangling)

They seem so big when they are running around playing,

but in reality they are still pretty small.

Our first all animal picture! It is hard to see Jelly because he is kind of behind Slinky and laying down along Chewie

A little bit better view of Jelly.. he is stretching in between Chewie and Slinky

Slinky and Chewie, a photo by dbinatx on Flickr.

Jelly and Chewie

There is no shortage of love for our animals at the house. Right now it seems a little like an animal house since the kittens are so rambunctious (as all kittens are) but we also have the kittens sequestered in the living and dining room. We don't want them to have free reign over the house since they are so feisty and need adult supervision :). Occasionally we'll see the kittens creep over to the dogs with the hopes of laying next to the dogs, but usually Abbey gets up and moves right away, and Chewie will tolerate them for a few minutes. One day I hope they'll all just lay together. But for now, here is some Chewie and Jelly cuteness!

(yes, I know, the picture says Slinky but it is really Jelly)