Our sweet little cat passed away yesterday morning :( She was 15 years old and her little heart just gave out. She gave us lots of great times over the years and had a great life!
Some of our fondest memories of her include:
Her name started as "Ellie". She was our family's first cat. My mom surprised us with her my senior year of high school. Kelli would complain about her when she'd sit at the kitchen table doing her homework and Ellie would use her little paws and bat at her pencil while she was trying to write.
Her name was fondly changed to "Cry Baby" after her meow turned into an obnoxious cry that sounded like a real baby! Over the years, her little voicebox couldn't substain that cry and she became fairly mute. She'd open her mouth to make a sound, but nothing would come out causing people that first met her to ask "Mandi, is this cat okay?" She was just fine :)
Her name has changed to "Baby the Cat" since we had the boys mainly because it's confusing to have more than one Baby in the household.
She LOVED to find a warm cozy place to lay and became very fond of baby seats, bassients, car seats, etc.
Some of our fondest memories of her include:
Her name started as "Ellie". She was our family's first cat. My mom surprised us with her my senior year of high school. Kelli would complain about her when she'd sit at the kitchen table doing her homework and Ellie would use her little paws and bat at her pencil while she was trying to write.
Her name was fondly changed to "Cry Baby" after her meow turned into an obnoxious cry that sounded like a real baby! Over the years, her little voicebox couldn't substain that cry and she became fairly mute. She'd open her mouth to make a sound, but nothing would come out causing people that first met her to ask "Mandi, is this cat okay?" She was just fine :)
Her name has changed to "Baby the Cat" since we had the boys mainly because it's confusing to have more than one Baby in the household.
She LOVED to find a warm cozy place to lay and became very fond of baby seats, bassients, car seats, etc.
She could often be found on our warm electronic equipment like our laptops and on top of the stereo in the entertainment cabinent.
She was SO gentle with Mitchell....
...even when he wasn't so gentle with her!
She was a persian, long haired cat and her coat would get VERY matted and tangled if we didn't keep it short. I once asked my Dad to pick her up from the groomers. He brought her home and she didn't want to get out of her carrier kennel. He said "If my haircut looked like yours, I wouldn't want to get out either!"
Instead of paying for haircuts, Jacob and I decided to tackle it ourselves. We got better and better at it, but I distinctly remember hiding her in the laundry room once right after a bad haircut when we had people over!
No matter how she actually looked, we seemed to notice a change in her attitude after a haircut. It was like she knew she had been tot he spa. She would prance around and waive her little rear in Tex's face to show off her new do :)
Instead of paying for haircuts, Jacob and I decided to tackle it ourselves. We got better and better at it, but I distinctly remember hiding her in the laundry room once right after a bad haircut when we had people over!
No matter how she actually looked, we seemed to notice a change in her attitude after a haircut. It was like she knew she had been tot he spa. She would prance around and waive her little rear in Tex's face to show off her new do :)
We fed Baby little cans of soft, wet cat food. She was addicted to them! She would hear the top pop off and come running! She would often wake us in the morning by putting her little tiny paw under our bedroom door and shake the door back and forth until I got up to feed her! What a smart cat!Baby was my first baby. When I returned from K-State and got my first apartment, she came with me. She was the easiest pet and so cuddly. She would often 'instruct' you to pet her by crawling up on your lap, purring in your face and swipe her little paw towards you. How could you resist? I know Mitchell got quite a few laughs from this :)
When I purchased my first house in Olathe, Baby and I got three roommates (two of my friends and Tex.) Baby hid under the bed for the first two days after I brought Tex home. I fretted and worried thinking, how could I do this to Baby? After she realized Tex wasn't out to get her, she and Tex became fast friends!
When Lisa and Anna lived with me, we had some interesting pet problems! Neither of them were "animal" people and I did lots of travelling for work those years. They certainly tried their hardest, but I still remember getting a phone call while I was working out of town one week. It was Lisa "Mandi, I'm so sorry to tell you this, but Anna and just realized that we haven't seen Baby since you left on Sunday." It was Thursday. What? I printed up flyers with her picture and had them all ready to start posting the next night when I returned home...until I got the next call from Lisa again telling me that they found her hanging out under the neighbors shed, but couldn't get her to come home. When I got back, I used the "bait" of her soft cat food. She came running quickly. Problem solved. I'll save the stories about the fish dying, Tex getting sick or Tex eating Lisa's birthday cake. It's hard for me to believe that BOTH of them have TWO dogs of their own now!
It makes me very sad to think that Mitchell will one day see these pictures of her with him and ask me "Hey, Mom. Who was that cat you had when I was little?" I know he won't remember her, but many of us will!
I texted my family and some close friends yesterday to inform them of her passing and quickly realized that she'd been around so long that many of my friends had become close to her too, including my old roommates.
She will be sorely missed by all.
2 comments:
Sad! Even I knew Baby. RIP. She was a sweet kitty.
Mandi: I'm sorry! Losing a pet is like losing a member of your family. Hold close your memories, and she will live forever.
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