First Kitten of the fall!

It is no coincidence that I'm starting this blog on the same day that we are starting our fall run of kittens. During the non-kitten season, there is not too much happening - but things are about to get really exciting around here. It all started this morning - we have been waiting for the last few days for Cheya's kittens to be born and today at 8am she started her contractions. About 40 minutes later we had our first kitten - and about 3 hours later we realized that it would be her only kitten. It is always a surprise to find out how many kittens the girls are going to have. We knew that Cheya wasn't going to have many (she just didn't get that big this time) - but I expected 2 or 3 at least. So we are surprised - but that little guy or gal (haven't looked to see which yet) is going to be the cleanest and best fed kitten around. I can't wait to find out what its color and pattern will be! Cheya's last litter was huge - her boy was over 12 lbs at 9 months old and the girls were in the 9 and 10lb range...so it will be exciting to see how big this one gets with all the extra attention!