Jared & Jenson

Sometimes I regret having a soft heart.

Last week, Sam brought home 2 very adorable, sweet, precious, itty, bitty, tiny, wittle, baby kittens. Not sure how old they were, but pretty certain they were only a day or two, as their eyes were yet to open. Blacker than black, and cute enough to be named Buttons and Cuddles, I prepared to take on the task of mothering these little dudes in hopes of simply getting them strong enough to be booted out on their own to help control our mouse population.

It didn't matter how much I told myself NOT to become attached...it just happened. We soon found ourselves thinking of names, and we didn't just shoot for the character names Sam & Dean--we went straight to the actors, Jared & Jenson. :)

I went to Atwoods to buy a bottle kit and some kitten formula. I was a happy mama before I went to bed Wednesday night, as Jared, the weaker of the two who had drank more than his fill of degreaser when Sam had found him, had been eating very well and even gone #1 & #2!! But, unfortunately, I woke up Thursday morning to only 1 hungry, meeyipping baby kitty. Jared drifted away from us after putting up a hard fight to live for 2 days.

Immediately, I became even more attached to Jenson, and anywhere I went, he was right with me. We took him to Target, took him to Grandma's, even took him to our friends' house last night. He's a little go-getter...and loud, to say the least. And man, oh, man does he love his kitten formula!

I was so happy this afternoon when he finally went to the bathroom! lol I know it's gross, but I had been praying all day he would go...obviously, if he didn't, I knew bad things would happen.

Well, to my surprise, I woke up from my afternoon nap and found Jenson gasping for breaths and unable to move. I immediately had Sam tend to him and try to get him some water...I just couldn't bear to see him that way.

As I write this, I'm hoping I'll walk into the house to find him back to his happy-go-lucky self; although I'm not getting my hopes up. I told Sam NEVER to mention anything about any little creatures he ever sees again...and certainly not to bring them home. It's a lot more difficult than I anticipated, and I thought I could keep a distance, but it just didn't happen that way.

Nighty night.
Sarah