Yesterday, Mike’s final wishes were carried out and his ashes were scattered at Hidden Lake, Alaska by the family. Apparently, Hidden Lake was closed due to the Kenai fire which has been burning for over a month now, but my stepdaughter-Annette is very much like her Dad and she found a way to get in touch with the firemen and got permission to do the event if she promised to leave immediately after. Although, it was a smoky time, it was accomplished and now the family is together and on another Alaskan Adventure. My heart felt such a great release when I received the phone call that Mike is at peace now. He always loved that place and after our first date, we would return there multiple times for great fishing adventures of our own.

Mini-Moo, Huckles and Presto are all going strong. Although I have had one vet tell me not to worry about Huck’s inability to poop on his own, and that kittens his age don’t poop without help- I know this is wrong. Both Mini and Presto are pooping in their carrier almost daily. But, we don’t have the funds right now for me to take Huck to Corvallis to the Cat Clinic to find out the real answer, so my prayer is that he will soon develop to be stronger when it comes to passing waste. Time will tell. He is active, he is playing with me now when I take him out and he is biting me when I stimulate him. In a week, this is going to be painful because his teeth are just now coming in. LOL But he is such a beautiful boy, getting more stripes on his back and legs and where the bird pecked him, he will probably always have a dark spot on his hip from the injury.

Kota keeps trying to mother all the kittens and last night when I was feeding, he came up and started licking Huck’s bum. All of a sudden, I am getting peed on in a major way. He may not be able to poop on his own yet, but man can he pees like a fire hose! I had already done the stimulation prior to feeding- but Kota decided that helping out might be a good thing. LOL

I brought in a kiddie pool yesterday and turned it into a kitty bed. Huck and the babies met for the first time and it went okay. I stayed close because I was unsure what Huck might do to these tiny ones, but he allowed them to climb all over him while he just laid there, looking up at me as if to say: “Really Mom is this necessary?” Kota kept watch on all three of them as I cleaned out cages and made their beds more comfy.

A local lady sent me a snugglepuppy for the babies. The company was out of snuggle kitties, so she opted for snuggle puppy. The heart, the heat the presence of this stuffie has calmed the babies down immensely between feedings.