Turned around and growing like crazy!

 Jules has turned the corner and is doing great! His fecal sample was normal and while his stools are still a little softer than I'd like, they have improved a lot since a week ago. We'll continue giving probiotics for a while, given that he recently was on antibiotics. He's eating like crazy and is back to gaining weight.

He's enamored with both Lucy and Ringo, but especially Ringo. Ringo has been so patient and good with Jules, and this morning, he let Jules tackle him and they wrestled a little bit!

 

Jules and Ringo play patty paws

 Please enjoy this video of our two boys playing by a door. So cute!

Two kitties in a basket

 Check out this cuteness! Lucy and Ringo both squeezed into the old wicker bed. We've had this bed for many years; it was Benny's when he was a kitten. We love that the kitties still use it.

A double-stack of kitties

 Lucy and Ringo were both sitting on the upstairs cat tower.

Warming faceplant

 

Ringo: It's cold. I'll facpelant into Lucy's side to try and stay warm.

Lucy and Ringo share the heated bed

Sadie doesn't really like sharing the heated bed, but Ringo really wants to share and keeps trying. Sometimes he gets lucky. These photos are of two different times when they shared the space.

These two just keep cuddling

 The cuteness continues!

Ringo and Sadie: Frenemies

 I was quite surprised to see Ringo and Sadie so close to one another. Usually Sadie growls up a storm if he's nearby, but perhaps the sunbeam united them for a little while.

More laundry basket kitties

 These two continue to kill me with the cuteness!

Mom can now share her good news

 This is Lucy and Ringo. Mom can finally share her good news with everyone.

She's been promoted to editor of a magazine! This is something she'd always dreamed of, but didn't think would actually happen. The magazine is called Classic Toy Trains, and it deals with Lionel and American Flyer sized model trains (and other brands too), both old and new. There's both a print and online component. To see more, visit the website at Trains.com

Of course, she'll continue to do other parts of her previous job (Senior Production Editor) and work on other brands too. So she'll be very busy! But she's excited about the challenge and is jumping right in.

We don't know what any of this means, and we hope she'll still have time to cuddle all of us. We think she will. We know us kitties are very important to her.

Grooming, then cuddling

 Lucy: I need to groom you

Almost done. .

Now let's cuddle!

Synchronized paw napping

 I posted one of these photos on my Facebook page, and someone commented that it looked like they were synchronizing their paws for napping.

Sharing the top level of the cat tree

 These two (usually) don't mind sharing, even if there isn't much extra space!

Monday morning faceplant

 Ringo was face planting into Lucy's side, while both were in the laundry basket.

Lucy got a bit skittish and eventually left.

Lucy: Uh, something is off here.

Our laundry basket cuddlers

 These two love to cuddle in laundry baskets. I could only get one photo before Lucy jumped out.

Open windows make friends?

 We were quite surprised to see Lucy and Sadie sitting this close together one recent afternoon. Perhaps open windows invite peace, even if for one afternoon?

The porch door is open!

 Lucy and Ringo LOVE being out on our enclosed porch. We opened the door this weekend because of some warmer weather. I went out there and saw this:

Ringo was chattering at birds behind the blinds.

Constant cuddle bugs

 These two just keep cuddling! And we love it.

Friday cuddles and all of the news here

 This is Ringo (left). Mom keeps taking photos of Lucy and I cuddling, squeeing all the while. I don't know why she keeps doing this. We've been cuddling for years.

We're doing mostly good here. Mom says that Sadie and I have "vet appointments" later today. I know what that means--they're going to mess with my behind! [Ringo has ongoing anal gland issues--Mom] Sadie has to get her blood checked for her thyroid. Mom is concerned that her levels still aren't right, since Sadie has been puking more often.

Mom and Dad went to a specialty pet store last week and Dad really, really, really wanted to adopt a kitten from a rescue group, but Mom said no. Dad was upset about this at first, but he eventually understood. Mom says caring for us kitties has gotten more expensive, and Dad may need knee surgery later this year, so it's just not a good time right now. Mom also says a kitten may stress out Sadie too. We don't want that! She's already a little crabby, but don't tell her I said that.

That's all of the news for now. Back to my nap!

My reading buddies

 It's hard to beat a Saturday afternoon, reading next to two kitties on the bed.