The Chase Family: Christmas kitties!!

Friday, 12.8.17

🎄🎅Merry early Christmas to us!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the family, Miles and Milly!!🐾😻💙

They're our snow kitties!

8" of unexpected snow and Christmas kitties in the same day, I apologize now for the large amount of pictures that will follow :)

**They were calling for a "light dusting" I'd say they got it wrong! It snowed hard for about 30 hours straight.

**early dismissal = picking the kids up with all the pets still in the car = no time for surprises and red ribbons on kitties!

We had put the kids on the bus and it was already ever so lightly snowing, so I remember calling and moving my afternoon appointment with the humane society to as soon as I could get there :) I picked them out from the Forsyth County Humane Society over near our old stomping grounds in North Forysth/ almost Dawsonville. Coleson had a co-worker at the time who volunteered up there and put us in touch with someone [I'm writing this two years later, so the details are a little fuzzy!]. I had spoken with this lady at length on the phone, and she wanted me to bring Maya with me to make sure a cat would be a good fit for everyone. Maya was so cute and timid and just stood there surrounded by all these cats looking at me like 'what have you done to me!?' Miles, the black and white boy, took an immediate liking to Maya, so he was a no-brainer. He had two sisters/litter mates in the room with him, both solid black. For about two and a half seconds I thought about all three, but fortunately that didn't last long! In fact, I was sending Coleson texts and pictures while I was there, but he was in meetings. The only reply I got during this time period was basically - do NOT get three, hehe!!! We had briefly talked the possibility of two, but three would have pushed us right on over the edge! As it is two are a handful. But Chloe LOVES them. And now that they're over two [and declawed, don't tell!], they seem to be settling down finally. Miles is the cuddler and still thinks Maya hung the moon. Milly can be super sweet too, but doesn't often sit with you like Miles does. They are truly two peas in a pod though. They're almost always together and especially in the early days would usually be snuggled up together somewhere.

So by the time I picked them out and did all the paperworking and everything, it was snowing pretty hard, at least in north Forsyth. Pretty sure I made a quick stop at the Rucker pet next door for basic supplies - most of it was free with coupons from the adoption. By the time I got back to our side of town, the snow was really picking up, and they had begun the process of trying to close the schools. Early dismissals are a mess in case you're wondering. And I do remember the kids all saying they had eaten lunch - even if it was just grabbing it from the cafeteria and eating in classrooms or hallways. This way it counted as a full day of school and didn't take away from our built-in snow days! Of course we'd go on to miss at least Monday, can't remember if we were out any more then that.

I pulled into Macedonia to collect my three kiddos and timed it so that the Conleys were there too. I had hoped of course to present the kitties at home that afternoon with ribbons and surprises and fanfare and whatever. But instead, as we walked to the car I was having to explain to them that their Christmas gift was in there [along with Maya still too!]. Ms. Alyson took a video, and we all visited with the kitties for a minute or two before heading for the warmth and safety of home.

It snowed ALL day Friday and through the night, about 30 hours with an official snowfall total of 8" Not shabby considering they weren't even predicating any accumulation! Oops, they got that one wrong. But we enjoyed alternating between playing in the snow and warming up inside with our new furry babies. There's an overload of pictures of course. There would have been just for new cats or just for snow. Put the two together....

As everyone knows, I don't care much for snow. A day here or there is fine, but then bring on spring. I will say though, this is one of the few, if only, big snows that I remember being before Christmas. I did think the snow on all the lights was beautiful!! So pretty and peaceful. Also of note, we live on the shady side of the street. Every time it snows it takes us longer to melt away. It's such a stark difference too. In fact, we had patches of snow until it rained nine days later, eekk!! Also, it wasn't an overly cold snow. So the streets never got bad or icy. The snow was a great snow - perfect for lots of snowman building and sledding. And yet, we could still drive comfortably and confidently.

So anyways, I'll stop rambling now, here's a small sampling of the millions of pictures of our snow kitties ....