Zelda

Yesterday afternoon we went and picked up Zelda.  Micah was so excited he could hardly contain it.  He set up a whole area for her so that it would be ready when he brought her home.  We decided that the best place for her would be by Micah's bed so that he could hear her if she cried during the night.

When we arrived at the house, the owner handed Zelda to Micah and the mom cat did not even seem to mind.  Surprisingly, it was one of the dogs that seemed to be having an anxiety attack.  It was whimpering and following Micah.  The owner said that the dog was like a second mother to the kittens.  The poor dog even followed us all the way to the car.  Micah tried to hold her but Zelda wanted to crawl all over the car so he put her in the cat carrier.

We had to go to soccer practice for Jacob before we could go home and Zelda did great and slept in her carrier the whole time.

When we finally got her home, she was pretty scared and as soon as Micah put her in her area she hid in her cat house.

It took about 2 hours before she was ready to come out.  Micah just sat patiently in her area reading a book.  When she did come out she was very playful and they kids had so much fun watching her!

It is really awesome to watch Micah nurture this sweet little kitten.  He talked so gently to her trying to make her feel safe and comfortable.  By the end of the night his efforts had paid off because when she was tired, she curled up in his lap and went to sleep.

She did really good during the night.  Micah said she woke up around 3am and was crying so Micah got up and played with her.  He was up with her for about 2 hours.  He said she ate and drank some water too.  Around 6am they both feel asleep again and slept more.  Micah did great and we are proud of him.