No, really

Merlin here.

I don't think y'all really understand the severity of the whisker problem.

Look at this. Click to biggify if you need to.


My whiskers are little stubs! This is HORRIBLE. The little bugger.

Whiskers

Merlin here.

Dobby may look all sweet and innocent, but let me tell you somethin'. He's a whisker eater! I don't know why, but for some reason the little weirdo likes to chew on my whiskers! When he's cleaning me, which, you know, as a younger brother he is required to do, he CHEWS ON MY WHISKERS, which isn't cool. Now all my whiskers are stubby and short and ridiculous looking. I hope Daphne doesn't mind, because really, I think I look silly and not nearly as handsome as usual.

Look at him, sleeping, all innocent-like. He's tricky, that one.

Changes

Mom and I have decided that it will be appropriate, when the time comes, to SHARE my blog with Dobby, rather than him having his own.

Therefore, we will need to consider a change of Blog name. Does anycat have a suggestion? Merlin & Dobby's Meows just doesn't have quite the same ring to it. I could keep the same name and just let Dobby chime in sometimes... Whaddya think?

Also, I have added a link to Dobby's brand new Catster profile in my sidebar.

More updates soon!

I Met Him!

So, I met my brother Dobby! He was sleeping and I went up to him and sniffed him and checked him out. Then, when he woke up, I looked at him some more. I hissed a little, and he hissed back! Then I just kept comin' back around to look at him, and he'd look at me. Then I just sprawled out on the floor, and he went back to sleep. That's it so far, I'm just busy with my regular routine and haven't paid that much attention to him. He's boring. He's been sleepin'. But Mom says that he had a busy day yesterday, with the travelin', and when he gets rested and used to our house he'll be ready to play with me soon.

Here he is with Mom. He was lickin' her nose, even though it doesn't show in the picture. He also likes to lick Daddy's nose. Since I don't lick faces, it makes me wonder if he's really Skeezix's brother and not mine. ;)

Dobby

This is Dobby, from the Harry Potter movies. He is a magical house elf.

This is my little brother Dobby. Daddy's holdin' him here. I still haven't met him yet, so Mom took these pictures and gave them to me to post. He's napping again. Mom says he has to get used to our house and things so he won't be so nervous to meet me. I hope he likes me!


Mom put another picture of him on her Project 365 blog today.

My Brother is Here!

Okay, did anycat understand that me getting a brother meant there would be ANOTHER CAT IN MY HOUSE? Dudes. I'm sure it'll turn out okay, but seriously.

I haven't actually seen him yet. My mom did, though. She took some pictures. Here he is, when he first got here he was hiding behind my stroller...
Bubbles and Mrs. B. sent him with his cube, so he checked that out.
Bubbles & Mrs. B also sent his bed and blanket (thanks guys!), and so he'd feel at home. Mom says he's sleepin' right now. That lump on the bottom left is him!


Emma's Kat: We're pronouncing Dobby so that it rhymes with knobby.

Today's the Day!

Hey, y'all, guess what? LT is on his way to my house RIGHT NOW.

Mom is going to the pet store in a little while to make sure we have the flavor of Temptayshuns that LT likes best (LT's savior and current mom Cecilia says he likes savory salmon), so he'll be happy when he gets here.

Yesterday Cecilia left a comment that LT was more like Dobby (a house elf from the world of the Great Wizard Harry Potter) than the evil Voldemort. We told Daddy about that name idea and he LOVED it!!! Dobby is very cute and silly and full of mischief, so that should be a really great name for my new brother. Today when he gets here I will ask him if he likes that name.

I hope I get to hang out with him soon. I have to wait until he gets used to bein' here and stuff before we can really get to know each other, but I'm lookin' forward to meetin' him.

I will update as soon as I can!

More Stuff

One More Day!

LT will be at our house tomorrow. I'm gettin' really excited.

So, to answer some of the questions you've asked:

If his name is Hairy Potter, we will just call him Hairy. We is also considerin' namin' him Valdemort ("he who shall not be named") since he is apparently quite the mischievous little guy. Mom isn't sure about that one b/c Valdemort is evil, and LT doesn't look evil, he looks sweet.

We ordered blue soft paws for LT to wear. As a kitten, they only have three choices. Pink (and that's Skeezix's domain), clear (Boooorrrrring) and blue. So Blue it is! For those of you new to or unfamiliar with softpaws, we really like em. They make it so that I can play with Mom's hands and not hurt her. Also I don't hurt the furniture or the curtains or the hardwood floors. And now I won't hurt LT either! And he won't hurt me. Once he gets to wear them. Mom doesn't want to scare him with them right away, so he probably won't wear them for a while.

We can't put LT in the room with the bean litter box, because I eat in that room. And I'm excited about a brother and all, but I'm not giving up food for him! We think he's gonna stay in the room where Mom has a desk and books and computer printer and stuff like that. We think. Mom says she'd rather him have a more comfortable spot, like maybe the room with the bed that nobody sleeps in, but it's all the way upstairs and she thinks she should keep him closer to where we all hang out.

Thanks for the advice and efurrything! Tomorrow night if I have enough time when I'm not playin' with my new brother I'll post an update and maybe some pictures.

Gettin' Ready

We're gettin' ready for my new brother. We're figurin' out where he would like to hang out while he and I get used to each other. I'm getting my softpaws on the claws that are out, so I won't hurt him by accident. My mom also ordered him some tiny softpaws. Hope he'll be still for her to put them on! UPDATE: we ordered blue softpaws because they only come in clear, pink and blue in the kitten size.

He's furry cute, as you can see here. His current roommate, Bubbles, seems furry glad that LT is comin' to live with me. Isn't that nice of him? I thought so.

My Daddy gets to name LT, and he's still thinkin' that LT's name should be Hairy Potter, in honor of the Great Wizard Harry Potter. My Daddy loves Harry Potter. But we have to wait until we meet LT to make sure it fits.

It won't be long! LT will be here Saturday!

It's About Time

Well, innernets! Here I am! I'm back! I can't believe how long I've been out of touch. SO many things happened while Mom and Dad are out of town, but I can't share too much because Mom reads my blog. I have no privacy. But I do want to say thanks to all of you that teleported over to keep me company while they were gone.

Mom and Dad are home now, and I yelled and yelled at them, but then Mom picked me up and cuddled me and ruined my perfectly good mad mood. I couldn't help it-- I purred. I was weak, but it had been a long time and she knows just how to scratch my head and rub my tummy.

It won't be long before my little brother gets here! I am so excited. I let Mom set aside some of my Christmas toys so that he can have some, and we'll get some new ones together. I'm thinking of all the things to tell him and show him, and I'm really excited about it!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year! 2007 is gonna be GREAT!

Thanks for the Advice

Mommy and I really appreciate all the advice and suggestions. We'll check out all the websites and stuff.

I have never been around other kitties, 'cept when I was a baby and I lived outside... I was found living with a group of three other kittens, but they weren't my littermates, I was a couple weeks older than the others. But since then, it's been just me, and the woofies.

Mommy's hopin' that LT and I will like each other and be best friends, but she knows it might not be so easy. Since LT knows about bein' around other kitties (the 2Bs) maybe he can teach me about it. She's also hopin' since he's little (3 months old I think) and I'm only 1 (and a half) that we'll learn to love each other.

Keep it coming with the advice and suggestions!!! Thanks, guys!

Big BIG Noos

Well, the verdict is in! DADDY SAID YES! I'm getting a BROTHER!!!! He's not coming until after the New Year because Mommy and Daddy are gonna go outta town at Christmas and don't wanna leave my brother alone like that. Me they'll leave, I guess. Whatever, I don't care! I'm gettin' a BROTHER!

I'm furry excited. I'm gonna show him my window and my tree and where's the best spot to see birdies, and I'm gonna introduce him to my woofies, cause they'll be his woofies too. Maybe he can teach me how to sleep with my tummy showin' like he does, b/c I don't do that. And I'll have somebody to snuggle with and play with and wrestle with, even when Mommy's not home!

Doesn't he look like me? I think maybe we were supposed to be brothers. I think Bubbles will really like me now, for getting LT out of his house. ;) Okay, and LT will also need his forever name. Mommy says Daddy gets to choose, but if you have suggestions let us know. Daddy named me, too, and wants LT to have a magical name to go with mine. Like "Hairy Potter." Are there other magician or wizard names that you can think of to suggest?

Mommy also wants for please efurrycat and efurrybean who has multiple kitty advice to please email or leave a comment!

Lots Going On

First of all, guess what? Mommy talked to Daddy about LT last night. She showed him pictures, and told him the story about how he was living in a place that got destroyed by construckshun eekwipment and effurything. He didn't say yes.... BUT HE DIDN'T SAY NO! But Mommy says that until he says yes efurrycat out there should still be lookin' for a forever home for LT in case Daddy does say no...

Also? My mom knows I was sad not goin' owtside, so she brought a TREE into the livin' room! Just for me! She even put lights on it to keep me warm and put a blanket unnerneath so I have a place to lie down. I like to lie on my back and look up at my tree. Mommy thinks that furry funny because I NEVER lie like that, ever. That's why I had to stop doin' Tummy Tuesday, cause there weren't enough pictures of my tummy! Here's some pickshurs. Click to biggify!

Whaddya Think?

Okay. So you may know that there's a kitty at Bubbles & Mrs. B's house that needs a home. My mommy says that my daddy will never agree to it, but we're still thinkin' about it, cause Mommy likes to torture herself like that.

LT is furry cute, and he looks like me! But Mommy says she has heard that two boy kitties often won't get along. And since Bubbles didn't like LT, this possibility concerns us cause Mommy doesn't want to get a new kitty and then if I don't like him she'll have to find him a NEW place. So, I need advice from all you kitties and beans that have multi-kitty households. Is it okay to have two boy kitties? Or is it better to get one boy kitty and one girl kitty?

Update from Merlin's Mom: I'm going to talk to Merlin's Daddy about this, but if you know someone who might be able to adopt LT please don't assume he's going to come live with us, or let my interest keep you from mentioning it to someone who wants a kitten. Merlin's Daddy is allergic to kitties and it is definitely NOT a sure thing, or even a likely thing.