laziest cat known to man :: southern maryland wedding photography

So we have a lot of cats. A lot... of cats. Between Maggie and Betty there are more than you can count on both hands. Now, we're less crazy than most cat ladies because we don't collect these lovely little creatures one by one. No, we adopt entire litters. That's right, we like to get the economy pack. To further our "we're not crazy" point... we'd like to focus on the fact that these cats find us. About 7 years ago a very pregnant mama cat waddled her tail into one of Betty's flower beds. She proceeded to give birth to 7 kittens. The kicker? This happened in the middle of a hurricane. So naturally, the kittens and mama were brought into the house for safety. Because you don't knowingly leave newborn kittens outside in a hurricane. You just don't. 7 years later, they're still there. They are terrible, spoiled rotten, overweight, well loved fur babies.

Maggie is a little more crazy than Betty. Maggie may or may not have gone into the woods to follow the sounds of crying infant kittens. (Ok she did, but their cries were so sad). So technically they didn't just show up at her doorstep, but they were within a few yards of the house, so we'll let it slide. Luckily, there were only 4 adorable little soaking wet bundles of kitten for her to adopt and nurse back to health. And that she did. Those kittens were less than a week old, eyes closed, without a mama. They were fed kitty formula with little kitty baby bottles (which are available at Walmart at 11:30pm if you are ever in need) for weeks. They are still currently getting whatever they want at Maggie's home. They're worse than Maggie's actual human child.

Of all our feline family members, there is one in particular who stands out as the laziest of them all. Piper is at Maggie's house, where our main home office is located. Most of our work gets done here and so we have the ability to keep track of what these 4 cats "do" on a daily basis. "Do" being used lightly because they don't really "do" anything. Piper though, she wins. She literally does nothing. All day. Yesterday for example we noticed Piper settled in for a morning nap around 9am. At noon, she looked up, shifted a little bit, and went right back to sleep. Around 1:15 the baby decided to give her a "hug" which really means he lays across her body, squishing her until she can't stand it. This forced her to relocate. She took a new sleeping post in one of our office chairs. There she remained until about 3:45... sleeping all the while. We lost track of her when we ran out to run some errands, but when we returned she was back on the sofa... out. She did wake up around dinner time to snuggle in someone's lap and get some good chin scratching in. That lasted maybe an hour (she's a love bug too). Then she ate a big kitty meal, and went into food coma mode.

Maybe she plays a lot at night? Who knows. All we know is she is quite possibly the laziest cat known to man. We even had her checked out by a Vet, who assured us she is healthy and just seems to enjoy naptime. She has totally changed the meaning of "cat naps".


Here she is, the little dear. As you can see, she was less than thrilled we were interrupting her nap.

It's so hard, Piper. So hard.

Oh look! An action shot! A rare thing in photos of Piper. Of course, playtime does not include actually getting up. She'll play with that string so long as she can do so on her back in a fluffly bed. Jeez.

Maybe we'll take a page out of Piper's book this weekend and learn how to relax a little bit. Who knows, maybe we'll even snuggle up with one of our cats and take a nap ourselves.

Have a relaxing weekend everyone!