Judging by the reactions we get whenever we introduce a floofy foster kitten, it's clear you're fans of the very hairy. I thought it might be fun to put together a list of our favorites, so I spent some time digging through the archives and found our fifteen floofiest foster kittens!
Here they are in no particular order...
1. Rex Von Trout
2. Orson Davenport
3. Aloysius Rosebud Petrie
4. Ambrose Anderson-Erickson
5. Eddie and Edna Lamm (they're equally floofy and I can no longer tell the pair apart, so they're both making the list)
6. Geraldine Dearborn
7. Kenneth Wiggins
8. Susanna Rose Wiggins
9. Linus Medley
10. Lucille Plunkett
11. Vancie Plunkett
12. Evelyn Hollis
13. Nigel Frost
14. Rutherford "Ruddy" Gibson
15. Wylla Stout, of course.
So, tell me. Who is your all-time favorite floofy kitten?
I have to say, the past couple of weeks haven't been the best. When I'm feeling like I need my spirits lifted a bit, I often turn to the IBKC archives and do a little digging. Cute kittens make everything better, don't they?
I've been writing this blog for almost nine years and have posted over 3,000 posts (3,222 to be exact!). There are kittens and moments that stand out, but when I start poking around in the past, I always begin to realize how much I've forgotten.
I churned up a few IBKC moments that I wanted to share with you today because maybe you need a little uplifting yourself. Or, maybe you know someone who does, and you can share it with them.
Well, here you go! Here are a few funny and feel-good moments I rediscovered.
3. Baby Audrey giving baby Wylla a bath!! This one just KILLS me.
4. That itty-bitty tongue on Daphne!!
5. Young Bean "signaling the mothership". She used to do this all the time and we never knew why. Still don't. Still funny.
6. Wiggly little Wiggins!
7. Teeny-tiny Hazel making baby biscuits!!!! Melts me like butter.
8. Pardon the hyaena laughing in the background -- that would be me. And those are the Gibsons. Normally I can keep myself in check while taking a video, but this was just toooo funny.
9. Remember that one time when the tables were turned and Bean got a bath from a kitten? Not me, it totally slipped my mind! What a treat to rediscover this one!
10. Well, I know I'll never forget this one, but it always makes me laugh, no matter how many times I play it. It's never not funny, and that's why I put it on the list.
Tell me please, do you have a favorite IBKC feel-good video or post you like to visit when you're feeling down? I was thinking it might be nice to have a page devoted to some of our best spirit-lifters for such times. Let me know what you would like to see on your list.
I was so excited to see these pictures in my email box. Just LOOK at how stunning dear Edna (now Sumi) and Eddie (now Tucker) have become.
No surprise, of course. They were such beautiful babes.
Sara, their mom, says the kitties are doing great and they love them tremendously.
It looks like they're still snuggly - just like they were when they were wee.
Thanks so much for the beautiful photographs of your beautiful kittens, Sara. Please give them some love from all of us!
If you've forgotten how adorable these little Lamms were, here are a couple of their baby pics.
OK friends, please grab a seat! This morning I present to you three minutes of extreme cuteness. I broke it up into two segments so you can take a break in the middle, regain your composure, and maybe grab a glass of water.
Here. We. Go.
Yes, I know. Edison's little paws at the end - that killed me too.
I'm not sure why, but upside-down kittens are exponentially cuter than right-side up kittens.
He's so dang cute, I hardly even mind that he's scratching my couch.
Our little Lamms are getting much, much bigger and their basket is starting to get a wee bit crowded.
They all try to start their nap there, but eventually someone climbs out. Usually it's Edna or Edison. They're the wooliest of the bunch, so it starts to get a little too warm for them first.
This time, it was Baxter.
He's the orange man out.
