I'll Take Half-Dozen Kittens, Please.

About a week before having her kittens....

Proud mama with her six babies!

Mia is proving to be such a good mother and seems to content
to have her little ones out of her tummy! She really
is such a sweetheart.
Getting some rest this morning...having six babies at once is a ton of work!

Miss Mia finally delivered her kittens yesterday afternoon! As luck (or unluck) would have it, I had left at 3 pm to help with the Nutcracker Auditions for Caitlyn's ballet studio, and I missed most of the births. Luckily the girls and Marty were able to see a couple of them pop out. Caitlyn was completely grossed out, and Aubreigh thought it was fascinating. I can really see her being a midwife someday! By the time I arrived home at 5 pm, Mia had 3 adorable kittens cuddled up with her. We thought she may be done, as she looked so content. And she is a small cat, so we thought, "How many more could be in there?"

Between 5-6 pm Mia delivered the last three kittens. All of them look very much like their mother. I was really shocked that NONE were orange tabbies like the daddy. Course, I'm not an orange cat fan anyway, so this was a good sort of shock. We still can't tell fully what genders they are yet, but my guess as of now is at 2 girls and 4 boys. Not the ratio I'm hoping for, but whatever. We're keeping at least one female, and may have a taker on the 2nd female, but then again, that's 6 weeks from now.

For the meantime, Mia's twinkie-size brood will stay with her. Hopefully she'll continue to be an awesome mother and we won't have to intervene with bottle-feeding. (I've done enough of that, thank you very much!) And we'll keep you updated!