After witnessing me give birth to Kale, our cat Bubbie has never treated me the same. I'm convinced that he's misinterpreted the whole experience and believes that he saw me at my weakest (when it was actually my strongest). As a result, he's lost all respect for me and treats me as an inferior species. This means I'm vulnerable to random attacks by a furry tyrant. Sometimes they come in the middle of the night when I'm walking to the washroom. Other times they're in the middle of the day when I'm lounging peacefully on the couch. They're always unprovoked. Example: yesterday I was walking down the hallway when Bubbie jumped from midway down the stairs and flew over the banister in an attempt to take me down. It was easily a five foot drop. He didn't care. He has no fear of humans.
Or so it appears.
Because if there is one person that makes Bub Bub nervous, it's the other mini tyrant that lives here. Kale LOVES that cat. As soon as Kale rolls out of bed he yells "Bub bub?" and goes full speed into the hallway to find him. Same thing when we come home. Whether we're gone 2 days or 2 minutes, Bub Bub is the first thing Kale thinks about when he opens that door.
Unfortunately, the feeling is not mutual. Eighty percent of the time, Bub Bub wants nothing to do with Kale. He gets nervous when he sees Kale heading for him and runs. If he's not fast enough, he's not afraid to give Kale a swat or two to tell him what's up. However, the other twenty percent of the time Bub Bub appears to show signs of kindness and patience with Kale. He does this by freezing in one spot and allowing Kale to maul him with hugs and kisses. Trust me, it's more love than anyone else around here gets from that cat....
And now I share with you a dozen photo's to demonstrate the evolution of their love.....
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| 2 months. After Kale was born, Bub Bub went into hiding. This may be the first time that the two were actually in the same room. Seriously. | | |
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| 4 months. Kale makes contact for the first time. |
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| 7 months. A passed out Kale is decidedly less frightening. Bub Bub snuggles in for a nap. (THEY'RE HOLDING HANDS!) |
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| 9 months. Kale cannot decide on a best friend: the toothbrush or Bub Bub? |
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| 12 months. Kale discovers the way into Bub Bub's heart is through food. Particularly yogurt. |
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| 12 months. Now that Kale provides Bub Bub with yogurt, Bub Bub allows him to hug him for 4-5 seconds per day. |
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| 14 months. Yogurt still does the trick. |
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| Does this picture really require a caption? I highly recommend enlarging it to get a better look at the love on Kale's face. |
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| Yesterday. 17 months. Nap buddies. |
And so I'll take the random attacks and a deteriorating relationship with my cat if it means these two get to be friends. It's clear that Bub Bub only has so much room in his heart and tolerance for humans. The things we give up for our kids.
This is exactly the dynamic between Mo and Ollie at our house! And between me and Mo. I like your birth-witness theory. Mine is that Mo knows he'd be heading back to the pound if he hurt Ollie, but that I'm the one responsible for the non-stop love fest around here, so he takes out all his pent up frustration on me!
ReplyDeleteWe threaten to send Bubbie back to Brantford all.the.time (we got him off Kijiji - this was likely our first mistake)!
ReplyDeleteB-cats are generally jerks! Take it from a true jerk-cat owner. I am fearful for everyone's safety the day we introduce mini-humans around here.
ReplyDeleteHowever - can you really blame Kale for being a cat lover? They are pretty awesome (when they are not terrorizing you).
p.s. loving your new digs. The colour scheme is perfect. shall we seriously get together for a drink and talk business strategy? xo
ReplyDeleteOh awesome. So hilarious. There's a trend here... Oliver also hates me. When I have time to take him for a walk, he goes ape shit off leash and takes about 3 times longer to come back on than he used to. He also barks at me like a little yippy dog until I throw the ball for him (a behaviour that has only worsened with Audrey's arrival). Though Audrey is only starting to show interest in him at 6 months. She RIPS at his hair and smiles and kicks her legs when he walks by, and he spends the day ignoring us both, every now and then sneaking in a few licks and occasionally letting Audrey tug away at his face hair.
ReplyDeleteLOVE! Love the post, love the new page design, LOVE LOVE LOVE that expression on Kale's face in the 14 month pic! Kale should totally meet our cat Sadie- she's a weird cat-dog hybrid...in that she doesn't mind being carried around by toddlers. I think they'd hit it off!
ReplyDeleteSo so cute. Our case is somewhat opposite. Jake had Oscar before we met & he too would risk it all to attack me. Now that Ry is here he avoids her at all costs, focuses his attacks on Jake & my sister & loves on me so much it drives me nuts! Ry always sneak attacks him when he's sun bathing between the sliding glass door & the blinds. He's smacked her on the hand once or twice but every night since the day we brought her home he goes an smells her head once she's asleep. He's really a good big brother. Lol
ReplyDeleteSo so cute. Our case is somewhat opposite. Jake had Oscar before we met & he too would risk it all to attack me. Now that Ry is here he avoids her at all costs, focuses his attacks on Jake & my sister & loves on me so much it drives me nuts! Ry always sneak attacks him when he's sun bathing between the sliding glass door & the blinds. He's smacked her on the hand once or twice but every night since the day we brought her home he goes an smells her head once she's asleep. He's really a good big brother. Lol
ReplyDeleteAwww so adorable! That second to last picture just kills me.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I love this. Hudson's first word was CAT..it is now apparent that almost everything is cat to him, but he really gets excited when the cat comes around and he yells cat. I wish our cats would let Hudson climb on them. Kale just gets cuter and cuter.
ReplyDeletewhat a little cutie... I love ALL his hair.
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