Our Zoe-girl

I've been trying to get a few good pictures of Zoe to share now that she's comfortable with us and lounges everywhere. We've had her almost 3 months and she's definitely part of the family. She even has a ton of nicknames: Zoe-girl, Zo-Zo, Zoester (rhymes with toaster), and Zoe-kins.

Her relationship with the kids yo-yo's back and forth between tolerance and fear. She really liked Jaelyn to begin with and was even sleeping on her bed, but then Jaelyn started chasing her and pulling her tail. She even threw her down 1/2 a flight of stairs once (unhurt thankfully). There for a little bit, Zoe was running away from Jaelyn as fast as she could. Jaelyn has calmed down with her now and Zoe is more tolerant of her. She even took a nap in Jaelyn's lap not too long ago.

Allie wants Zoe to like her so badly, but she's mean to her most of the time. She pets her too hard and swats at her if Zoe doesn't do what she wants. Allie has also had a turn throwing Zoe down the stairs. She was carrying Zoe down the stairs this week and I told her to put Zoe down. Instead of sitting her down, she threw her down granny-style, kind of like you throw a basketball. I tried to catch her but my Elasta-girl arms weren't working. I was able to stop her from rolling down the stairs the rest of the way at least. Zoe hurt her back leg and was limping pretty badly. One afternoon of rest under my bed seems to have been enough and she's fine now. Here's a picture of Allie using Zoe as a pillow. Zoe doesn't look very happy.

Caden has gone from chasing her to being sweet to her. Zoe actually likes Caden and recently has started going into his room with him at naps. He says she sleeps on the floor.

Zoe's Favorites and Not So Favorites

I know I said Zoe was the sweetest kitty, but I've changed my opinion a little. She's no where near as sweet as Sebastian is to me, but she's much sweeter with the kids than Sebastian will ever be. Once she got her pain patch off last week, there was no more cuddling up with me at night to sleep. It makes me miss Sebastian, but anyway, not the point.

Jaelyn is very gentle with Zoe. Zoe will tolerate Jaelyn picking her up to put in her lap. She'll lay there patiently while Jaelyn pets her. Zoe has also been introduced to Jaelyn's top bunk and for the last three nights has disappeared right before bedtime to be found in Jaelyn's bed when she climbs in. Talk about making Jaelyn happy!

Allie is so excited to have Zoe, but her excitement comes out a little too wildly - is that a word? Zoe is scared of Allie and hides whenever she comes near. I feel bad for Allie because she wants her to like her so much. I've been trying to hold Zoe and help Allie pet her gently. It might just take some time for the two to get together. Maybe Allie can be her crazy playing partner.

Caden's treatment of Zoe and her response to him is in the middle of the road between the girls. She'll let him pet her until he gets too excited and then she scadoodles.

I'm hoping Zoe will become more of a lap kitty as she gets older. Right now, she's just so playful. Petting her tickles and then she feels the need to nibble. She's sleeping by my feet at night. It's funny - she stays with Jaelyn until Jaelyn is asleep, comes downstairs to see me and then goes back up to sleep with me. Overall, I think Zoe is going to be a great kitty!

The Sweetest Kitty

Ok, Mom, we have confirmed it. You can tell Sebastian he is for sure not the sweetest kitty out there. Zoe wins the contest hands down. She's been sweet (with her pain patch that's 10x the strength of kitty morphine), but now that her patch has been taken off, she has gotten so much sweeter. She's also playing more and is so alert. I'm loving this kitty! She woke me up in the middle of the night last night purring and nudging my face. Then she nibbled on my fingers when I was trying to pet her. I know some people might not think being woken by a cat to play in the middle of the night is sweet, but I do...especially since Jaelyn got up right after that and kept me up the rest of the night :( I'd rather play with a kitty at 3 am anyday over dealing with a tired, cranky, border-line tantrum throwing Jaelyn any day of the week.

Zoe is home

Allie, Caden and I picked up Zoe from the vet today and brought her HOME. I can't begin to tell you how excited I am to have a cat again. I've missed having a fur-baby. Anyway, we got her home and put her in my room. I made the kids sit against the bed because I didn't want them to scare her. Zoe had other ideas. After coming out of her cage and rubbing all over my legs, she headed straight for them and started loving on them. Awesome! She is the sweetest kitty. She did the thing where she rubbed up against Caden and then flopped right into his lap. Talk about making the kids happy. I did my best to get a few good pictures to share, but she was too busy rubbing and loving on us to sit still and say cheese.



PS Encase you are wondering, Zoe was spayed and front declawed on Wednesday and the blue around her is a mesh sweater holding a morphine patch on her for pain.