Damn (Cute) Kitten

For all those times I've almost tripped on you coming down the stairs. Or been mauled by your tiny sharp claws as I tried to pass you by. Or schooled you on your propensity to dip your paws into the fish tank in your daily attempts to eat Squiggy the killer goldfish. Or yelled at you to stop chasing, jumping, attacking, and biting Emma every time she comes out of her self imposed witness protection program. Or told you to stop staring at the birds with blood lust in your eyes ...

For waking me up at 3:30 this morning, and for every other middle of the night nocturnal urge to give kitty kisses until I wake up long enough to throw you out of my room and close the door or just nudge you off the side of the bed depending on how tired I am. And for all the pictures you've knocked off their shelves, repeatedly. And for all my angels you've knocked off their shelves, repeatedly. And for all the times I've told you that cats do not belong on counters, or in my shower, or in the washing machine, or in the dryer, or in the sink. (Which is not to forget that I know you were on top of the kitchen cupboards again, since you've knocked yet another plant over and out of place, despite our last conversation regarding the positive side of self control.)

And even though I've enough claw marks on me to make people wonder, including the one on top of my head when I was playing peek a boo with you on the stairs last night and you felt the need to swat me before settling yourself down to stare at the television like you were some sort of idiot box junkie. And for all the times you've chewed holes in my socks and KC's socks because we didn't get them into the hamper quick enough. And for the five dollars you absconded with that we haven't yet been able to find. And for the ribbons you managed to find last night and trail around the house. And for sliding down the banister again this morning - yes, I heard you crash at the bottom ...

I still love you and would adopt your dumb ass all over again even knowing what I know now. That for all that random cuteness, those strange amber eyes fringed by cobalt blue edging ... You're really a tiny terror kitten from hell bent on destroying the universe as we know it!