Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Meet the Gang!

When I was a little girl, growing up in Scandinavia, my favorite book was the story of Cinderella. In my book, Cinderella had a white Persian cat which I believed to be a fairytale animal, much like a Unicorn. Since finding out that those kinds of cats are in fact real, I had wanted one. Dreamed of having one of the flat faced, beautiful fluff balls.
On December 8th, 2004 my husband, gave me an early Christmas present because he said "it would be hard to store away." I sat on the couch with my eyes closed, and when he asked me to open them, I saw a teeny tiny Persian kitten in a suede basket. The kitten was blue and white, and when I exclaimed in surprise, she stretched her little body and made a little squeak. I named her JingleBelle:

JingleBelle




JingeBelle sits like this quite often and for long periods of time.
 
In both of these pictures she has had a trim of her otherwise super fluffy coat. Both her and I are happier when we trim it a bit, to cut down on the amount of hairpulling my poor girl has to endure. 

Almost a year after JingleBelle joined the family, we decided that she needed a companion. If we would have asked her she would have denied this. JingleBelle has often showed us her displeasure in having cats in the house; seems she thinks pets belong outside and that they are rather annoying. We drove to the cattery of some friends of ours to pick out a Short Hair Exotic cat (basically a short haired Persian, same body type, same flat face, but with short thick fur). We had heard about one kitten that lost his tail during birth, and was quite interested to meet Stumpy. He is JingeBelle's nephew. Although he was quite catatonic when we saw him,  and we were worried about his mental abilities (was he without oxygen while stuck in the birthcanal?), Son kept saying "but I love him," and so Stumpy came home with us.


Stumpy
 

Stumpy
 

 Our friends kindly offered to give us a BOGO deal, and Daughter and Husband had already picked out a kitten before Son fell in love, so that is how Haven came to live with us as well.


Haven
 

Haven


Besides Pippi, these are the animals that share our daily lives. Jinglebelle is haughty, sweet, demanding, but does not necessarily like being petted. Stumpy is my constant companion, needy, loves being held and petted, and talks incessantly. I can't remember the last time I used the restroom, or took a shower without him. Haven is Daughters cat, and cries whenever she is away from home. He collects her items and drags them around the house (pillows, bras, hair ties, socks, whatever smells like her), but will settle down if I pick him up.


The Pride.


3 comments:

  1. Ohhhh...they are so cute! I need to do a post about my Jewel - aka Devil Cat (as my daughter fondly refers to her).

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  2. What cute kitties! Persians are absolutely adorable. I used to work in a vet office and we had a Persian named Paddy Paws who lived at the clinic (his owner had died and no one else wanted him). He was a seriously awesome kitty.

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  3. Awww they are adorable! Sadly I'm allergic to cats so I can't deal with all the fur. My short hair only bothers me if I cuddle her close to my face and I have to be sure to wash my hands after petting her. Glad I have my dogs since they don't affect me that way. :) You have a beautiful family.

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