Cute Baby + Mutant Cat = True Love

I (scott) was laying down the other day with Malaki. Toby decieded that we looked comfortable and jumped up on the couch to join us. He layed right next to Malaki and snuggled in close. Malaki was thrilled. He was giggling and laughing. Malaki even put his arm around Toby. They layed there for about 5 minutes. Both Toby and Malaki enjoyed it very much. Malaki loves the cats so much that we think his first word is going to be Kitty.
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Take that cat out for a walk!

Such a lovely night for a walk. Scott and I sure thought so. Well appearently, we weren't the only ones! Nicole put the sleepywrap on and got Malaki all snuggled up and hunkered down. As we started on our walk, we noticed that both Zero and Toby were following us. This wasn't too surprising because they usually will follow us for the first 100 yards or so. Well today they just kept on trooting along on the side walk right behind us. We got to the point where we kept coaxing them on so they would come back home with us. They seemed pretty happy to be coming along for the most part, but by the time we were just past the half way point they started to get a little spooked. They were walking up closer to the yards and sniffing bushes. Anytime a car would drive by or a stick would snap they'd get all low to the ground and look around. Zero even made the crying noise cats tend to make in cars at one point. But that did not last long, because they soon recognized where they were and started leading the way home! We were so proud of them trusting us, that we gave them a can of tuna as a reward! We don't know how much they enjoy the walk, they were extremely exhausted once we got in the yard, but we had a great time! We hope they join us more often!

Mandy gives Scott a Birthday Present

Here is Toby. He is beautiful. Look at his crazy tongue and toes!

In Remembrance of Mr. Cat

When I (Scott) was in 5th grade, Mandy had a black cat. She was a friendly cat. Every time I went out my back door, I would see a black cat dart under the porch. I thought, "what is wrong with our cat? She never runs and hides." After a couple weeks of this I decided to crawl under the porch and see what was wrong with our cat. To my surprise, it wasn't our cat. It was a small stray. I got some cat food and coaxed her out from under the porch, and sure enough, it was not our cat.

Over the next few weeks, I would go outside and feed her and slowly I gained her trust and she wouldn't run away anymore. She was a very pretty cat with the softest fur I had ever felt. Since she wasn't our cat and I didn't know we would be keeping her, I called her Mr. Cat. (at the time, we thought she was a boy) After a few months, she was always at our house, and somehow or another, she had claimed us as her family. Since I had been calling her Mr. Cat for so long, it just kind of stuck as her name, even though it is not a good name for a cat.

One of the first surprises we had from Mr. Cat is when she gave birth to a litter of kittens. Remember, we thought she was a boy. She ended up having several litters of kittens. I think three, but I can't remember because it was so long ago. Every time she would have a litter of kittens, we would take her in to get fixed, and she would be pregnant again so we had to wait until she had the kittens.

During one of the litter of kittens, we had a small baby white rabbit. I think it was Mandys rabbit, I don't know why we had it. Anyway, Mr. Cat took it in as one of her own kittens and even nursed it. Notice the picture below! It was very intersting. Kind of odd, but very sweet at the same time. You would think that a cat would just kill the baby rabbit, like it would a mouse.

When I was in high school, I remeber one night, Mr. Cat keept bugging me while I was trying to sleep so I shut here out of my room. About an hour or so later, after I had fallen asleep, I herd a thump againts my door. A second later, another thump, and then another. I felt bad, and decided that she must rely want in my room, so I went and opened the door and there she was tossing a dead bird against my door. She looked up at me so proud as if to say, "Look what I have caught! I have brought it for you!



Mr. Cat was the only cat I had growing up that really loved me. The other cats all liked me, but they all LOVED Mandy, and were kind of Mandys cats. Mr. Cat loved me. She almoast always slept on my bed. She was a great friend for me. I have had her sence 5th grade. I have lived with her longer than I have lived with anyone else except for my dad. I lived with my dad 18 years, and my cat for almost 16 years.




This is my wonderful cat, Mr. Cat. She passed away this week in her sleep. She died happy and content, so I am thankful for that. She was 16.

Nicole is so proud of her new video she shot of with her new Treo phone. She is very excited to do lots of cool things with her new phone. To bad after a day of having her new phone she had to take it in cause it was broken. Soon she will get it back or get a new one though. Uhh... the video.... well Nicole just loves her cat.

First post for us

For our first post, you get two cats!!! This is Zero of our passion and love, and Toby Banjo Cat of Destruction!! Toby is the one on the chair. He has 7 toes on each paw!! amazing!! We love them and they bring a lot of sunshine to our home!! Toby got ran over by a car in the fall. It ran over his head! He survived, but it broke both jaws. His bottom one is still wired together. I think he got only a little brain damage. That just makes him a little bit more crazy.



Here is a picture of one of our big Toby cat's paws. Katy our niece who was 8 at the time, is holding his paw. I don't think Toby understands just how big those things are. Lately when he is hungry, he will jam his claws into the back of our thighs. (Sometimes into Scott's butt cheek!) We yell and scream, and he just sits there staring up at us with his big beautiful eyes, all innocent like. You know he's thinking, "What are you yelling about? I just want some food."

He recently has claimed this box that we had in our recycling pile. He will sit in it and howl. It's hilarious! He runs around in circles and attack the sides. He barely fits in the thing. The other day we found a roll of toilet paper in it that he had stolen. He tore the thing up and stored it in his box for safe keeping. I guess you can say he's pretty clever, for a mutant.