Before Maya arrived Lorne and I wonder what the kitties would think of the new arrival.  We worried that they would feel neglected once we brought Maya home and the attention that used to be showered on them was now being showered on a noisy, little baby. As we began accumulating all the gear necessary for a baby we would put things together and just let the kitties check it out.  We figured that if they were familiar with the gear before the baby got here than it would make the transition a little easier on them.  They were very curious about all the stuff.  I think they thought we were buying all this stuff for them!  Little did they know their world was about to change in a very big way.

Once we brought Maya home from the hospital the curiosity turned from the gear that was now filling up every corner of our condo to this tiny little person that had suddenly appeared.  They spent a lot of time checking her out.   Sniffing her and watching her closely, just trying to decide what she was and if they liked her

After a while they both decided that she was “A-okay” in their books and she could stay.  The distant watching and quick drive by sniffings turned into cuddles.  I’ll never forget the first time Laura (our cuddliest cat) decided to get up close and personal with Maya.  Laura loves to cuddle and her favorite thing to do is stretch out beside you with her head propped up on you, it doesn’t matter what part of you, she’ll take an arm, a leg, a head, it really doesn’t matter.  Maya was thrilled and smiled and giggled as Laura cuddled.

The worry we had was all for not.  Any attention that they kitties may have been lacking from us now that we were taking care of this new little person in our lives was quickly made up for (and then some) by that same little person.  Maya loves her kitties.  She loves to cuddle them (whether they want to cuddle or not), she loves to play with them, she loves to talk about them, brush them, feed them.

She even misses the kitties when we are on vacation and she hasn’t seen them for a few days.  While we were up visiting with our families over the holidays Maya got a little homesick towards the end of our trip and was walking around my in-laws place saying “miss Laura” and “go home, Louis, see Laura.  Miss Laura” because she missed Laura and wanted to go home to St. Louis to see her kitties.  It was the sweetest thing.

She just, plain and simple, loves those kitties with all her heart, and they love her.  They are her best fur friends.