Freddie Mercury and Gang

How did I wake up this morning? Ellen was sitting on my chest watching while Freddie was sitting between the wife and myself grooming my eyebrows. Cute but a little disorienting when the first thing you see is a big gray face slurping at you!

Oh No!!

This photo was originally posted in January of our evil twins Elvira and Ellen. They have both grown but the sisters still have almost identical color. In the past we were always confused as to which cat we were looking at. Finally there was a difference in that Ellen grew one white whisker. Tonight Ellen hopped up in my lap and I noticed that she had lost her white whisker! Now we are back to the drawing board as far as identification. The white patches on their chests have now become the same and without Ellen's white whisker they are practically identical twins. The only way to know who is who is for the wife to pick one up. For some reason Ellen does not like her and will squeal and squirm. Elvira just lies in her arms and looks sappy. It is deja vu all over again. When they were kittens we used to constantly mix up photos of them.

Little Squeaker

This is Ellen. It's funny how she and her look-a-like sister Elvira are so different. Elvira is crazy about my wife and likes me ok. I call Ellen "little squeaker" because she loves to hop into my lap and make squeaking sounds as she rubs her head against my arm. She gives me a really sappy look all the time. When my wife tries to pet her, Ellen hisses and growls at her. Ellen won't have anything to do with my wife though she has only been kind to Ellen since the girls both arrived. Go figure!

Geez, I've Become My Worst Nightmare!

I've always dreaded people who pull out endless photo albums of their kids and here I've turned into one of them! I'll give into it for now and post this cute photo with Elvira on the left and Ellen on the right. We came home from shopping and saw them in this cute pose. It was just too much to resist so here they are with their proud 'papa' snapping the shot.

Back In Black!

Beau with his adopted kids Ellen and Elvira.

Great News!

We had Ellen and Elvira tested for FELV/Aids today and they both tested negative! That means that we can begin introducing them to the other 7 cats here (slowly, of course). Ellen is now 2.3 pounds and Elvira is 2.5 pounds, both almost double their original weight when we got them. We let them all meet through the baby gates. Beau wanted to play with the girls. Velvet watched from a distance. Princess and Luvey hissed a little and ran off. Tonight we let the girls out into the main house for the first time, without any other cats present. They explored and had a great time. Here is Elvira on her way back to the bedroom for the rest of the evening.

Ellen and Elvira Video

Here are the cute ones in action in this short video. If you watch it I would really appreciate a comment about my darlings.