Tabby and Loki have definitely always shown some interest in each other, but lately, since Tabby has had improved motor control, she takes every opportunity she has to give him a pat. Some of these pats are quite gentle … she seems to be feeling his fur (she has a thing for textures), but others are rather … vigorous. Loki is always very gentle with her, and with all little ones. And he seems to understand that they can take more as they get older. He can be running around like a crackhound and you'd swear you should move the kid before he runs him over, but he always goes around the little ones. But he does get something in return … lots of licked up leftovers.
Oh yea, and despite myriad evidence to the contrary, we do usually have Tabby in clothes. Continue reading “A New Friend”
It seems as though her four-month checkup spurred some kind of “firsts” explosion. When we took her in on Friday, we were telling the doc that she hasn't rolled over yet. The doc said “she will soon enough, she's showing signs of it right now.” She was too, doing her darndest to disprove us right then and there. She also caught up the tongue depressor the doc had lying on the table and proceeded to pass it back and forth between her little hands, something we hadn't really noted her doing before. And that very night, she reached her goal and rolled herself from back to tummy just as she was drifting off to sleep. She wasn't a bit pleased about it either and fussed until we got over our amazment and turned her back over. 
