Brutus is out standing

or more accurately in-standing.. as he is all alone in the nest because his sisters were all out climbing all over the Catman. Already he is in love and talking about keeping this one or that one.. he is so fickle. People think I had eight cats because I am weak and couldn't return many of them.. and while this is true, they weren't all my fault. - just sayin.

So far, no one has made an attempt to get over the nest wall. They stand up and look over, but that is it. I was so sure I would have escapees by now. Still very glad I don't cause the longer they stay there, the less I have to scoop the litter box.

The kittens are now four weeks old and right on schedule

Michaela would like you to know that her babies are growing fast and they are almost ready to play with. She can not wait and neither can I.

Zoey

Zelda

Brutus

Zelda

Zena

Zena

Speaking of milestones, Zena and the others all are starting to like me and become interested in my petting them. They have yet to purr for me, but I have heard suspicious rumblings, so I am hopeful that is coming soon. They are all very interested in getting out of the basket but are not yet sure that getting out is a good thing. I had Brutus out the other day and showed him how to climb back in and he did it with very little prompting, so I am sure they know how to get out, they just lack the motivation to do so at this point. I suspect tomorrow they will be out, but who knows. Personally, I'd be happy if they stayed in there another week.

Speaking of milestones.. 

Naming Day Photo Outtakes - kittens don't always make it easy

Naming of the kittens

Now that the kittens are starting to distinguish themselves and aren't just blobs of fur names are in order.

And in no particular order.. we have:

Brutus

Zena

Zoe

Zelda

Are you watching the kittens?

In case you weren't aware, I wanted to point out that you can check on the kittens any time you want to via the webcam. You can find the feed up above here on the navigation bar where it says webcam. I also have a link on my fb page for you to watch there if you want.

I bought a month of cloud recording so I have been able to make a couple of time-lapse videos. The first is from last night and the other is from a few days ago.