Down on the Farm

I literally live on a farm.  We're not farmers by any means but our house is on 99 acres of farm land that someone else owns and someone else takes care of (thankfully).  We do however have our own little furry farm inside of the house. :) 

First there's Kira... she's my baby.  She's 10 years old and a total diva.  She literally doesn't like anyone but me.  I don't blame her though, she spent the first few years of her life as an only child (the hamsters Edgar and Myrtle didn't really count since they were in a cage) so she was The One and Only for quite some time.  Then I moved home and she had to deal with other animals and she hated it. She's come around enough that she'll let my mother touch her, if and only if she's in the mood though. :) We often refer to her as The Kitteh Upstairs because she doesn't come to the first floor of the house thanks to the dogs.

She's not all that found of my nook or other items that steal my attention.

Pretending to be a Victoria's Secret model. :)

Then there's Kia... We're not sure how old she is because she belonged to someone else before we got her.  Technically she's my Grandpa's cat but now that he lives with us, she's ours now too.  We couldn't figure out why she always had her tongue hanging out when she lived with my Grandpa... turns out the poor thing doesn't have teeth!  Toothless is also a pro at opening cupboards and drawers in the kitchen, she makes her own fun. :)

She talks with a lisp.

Katie is my mom's dog.  She's a Scottie and she's 7 years old.  She's a little overweight and has only had one professional haircut so she often looks like a wookie or a warthog but she's a love muffin.  Thanks to her brother Alex (see below) who tripped her when she was on the stairs once she won't go up or down stairs on her own (unless they're the stairs to the yard).  Therefore this happy little tub of chub has to be carried like a princess upstairs for bed and downstairs in the morning. 

One of her Good Hair Days when she actually looked like a Scottie.

She's also a belly rub whore who will roll on her back as soon as ANYONE walks in the house.  Doesn't matter if she's met them before or not. :)

Alex is a special boy.  Special in the way that if he were a human he's probably have an IEP in school. He's an 8 year old Cocker Spaniel Spazoid and also belongs to my mom.  He's afraid of thunder, fireworks, wind, my camera, the vaccum, newspapers, and scissors (because he knows we use them to trim his hair LOL).  Despite all of his weirdness though, he's a sweet boy who often forgets he's a dog and likes to sit like a human or walk around on the back of the couch like a cat.
 

He was totally giving me the Stink Eye because my camera scared him. LOL dork.

Sly is my boy that I inherited from my brother's friend who no longer wanted him.  I totally wasn't planning on keeping him but he showed up (about 3 months old at the time) and I couldn't NOT love him.  He's 5 now and is by far the biggest cat in the house.  His original name was Sly Cooper after the video game (two little boys named him) but he's known around here as Sly Boy. We started calling him Meow Meow because when he talks he almost always meows twice. That somehow turned into Mr. Meow Meow and then we decided that he also has a French alter-ego named Monsiour Mew Mew. (Yes, we speak for our animals around here...).  When he's Mew Mew he speaks with a French accent and believes he's quite the lover-man.  He's pretty much afraid of anything that moves suddenly (like Kira hiding under a blanket to attack him). 

Last but not least is Lola.  She's actually not ours and doesn't live with us, but she belongs to my best friend who lives next door.  I call my best friend my wife, so technically Lola's my step daughter. She looks so much like Kira that we joke that they're somehow related but honestly they're not.  Her full name is Princess Lola Jasmine Bombay (lol) and she looooves when I come over with yarn. :)

I have many a photoshoot with Lola, she's a great subject and doesn't move too much!

And that's it!