Co-napping

Styles had a habit of sleeping in Emmett's crate. Who can blame him? It has a orthopedic pad in it! Sometimes Emmett gets really tired and climbs in to take a nap with him. They don't really get along otherwise, but when I see them sharing the crate it melts my heart.

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Emmett vs Styles

Emmett and Styles battle over Emmett's bed.

it's that time of year....

 ...when Target has amazing dog costumes that we can't resist buying to dress up our cats...

 This year, Styles gets eaten by a shark!

 And Miyagi is a rebellious teenage punk rocker.

* many cat treats were devoured in the making of this post!

Blogging Buddies: Styles, Miyagi, and Me

Welcome to the first in our new feature series about bloggers and their pets!

We're looking for submissions, so if you blog, have an awesome pet, and would like to write a guest post about it, drop us a line (we'd love to share your story!) 

windshielddiaries at gmail dot com

Now on to the pets!

Styles and Miyagi came into our lives about 8 months apart. When M & I first moved in together we both wanted a cat. M really wanted a black and white cat, so I scoured craigslist looking for black and white kittens for adoption. After a couple of days of searching, I came across a listing with this photo:

A male, black & white kitten with a HEART on his paw?! Are you kidding me? He was SO ours! I contacted the lady who placed the ad, and we made an appointment to go pick him up. When we went to get him he had 2 other siblings who were also adorable, but we knew that he was the one. So we resisted the urge to bring them all home :)

Styles made it quite clear around the age of 6 months that he was REALLY bored when we were away at work. How did he let us know? He would climb onto the fridge and knock all the magnets on to the floor. Or just go on a rampage in the living room and knock everything over. We knew it was time to get him a playmate if we wanted to keep our apartment intact!

It just so happened that around this same time, M and I were visiting my parents when their neighbor randomly called across the driveway, "you guys want a kitten?" We went over to talk to him and found out their purebred Balinese had an unplanned litter on ONE four days earlier. We went over to see the tiny baby. He was so small he fit in the palm of my hands. I knew that he was going to be ours.

Four weeks later, I went back to visit again and he was ever cuter:

It was excruciating waiting another four weeks until he was old enough to bring home, but Miyagi was definitely worth the wait!

My favorite thing these two do: tricks! I taught both of them to sit and high five on command for treats!

If anyone out there is considering adding a second cat to their home, my advice would be to go for it! These two keep each other entertained all day and night. I really think their lives are so much better than if they were solitary cats. Plus, who doesn't like to see two kitties cuddling?

february iphone photos pt. 2

1. Sometimes M & I are matchy-matchy with our footwear...is that wrong?

2. Took a trip to the Asian Market and saw this lovely bottle of Lady's Choice Tuna Spread. I don't know if you can see the expiration date stamped on the front, but it says Jan 11. This photo was taken in late February. Ew.

3. Miyagi in his glam-rocker phase.

4. Styles can be cute too once in a while

5. Snow, Snow, and....oh yeah, MORE SNOW!!

6. Banana Pecan Caramel French Toast with REAL Maple Syrup at Manory's. So. Good.

caturday

Get That Tail featuring Styles and Miyagi from CAPow CAPow on Vimeo.

caturday

Boy Fights: Epic Living Room Battle Royale from CAPow CAPow on Vimeo.

caturday

Boy Fights: Styles and Miyagi Silent Movie Style. 

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Styles and the awkward cuddle from CAPow CAPow on Vimeo.

the one where M took pictures of the cats...

...while I slaved over intricately painting the icing on to our Peanuts christmas cookies. ;)

cats love christmas trees

night in with my favorite boys

One of my favorite parts about the colder weather? Staying in for the night and cuddling with two of my favorite boys <3

a bromance story: styles and miyagi

a new cat?

  ...nope, just all the cat hair we cleaned up from the living room...

we have mice!

Recently we were cleaning the apartment and decided it was time to pull out the stove and clean underneath it. When we shined a flashlight under there, we saw that this was the preferred storage location for Styles and Miyagi's toys.

...now that's a lot of cat toys...

typical night in

the one where m took the photos

*photos by m*

fruity

styles is bananas for fruit. we've made sure to research which foods are bad to feed cats, and luckily two of styles favorites are on the "a-ok list." he really likes strawberries. but he FLIPS OUT for red delicious apples. if he even hears the produce drawer of the fridge he comes running, and won't stop begging until he's seen the last remnants thrown into the garbage can.

what's this?

styles seemed to initially get the hang of it...

"seemed to" being the key words. after this first encounter with this new awesome toy i thought they would love, neither of them would touch it. we tried putting treats in it, turning it on it's side. no go. so we ended up selling it on craigslist. your loss, boys!