Claudia went to the vet for an annual check-up for the first time since we adopted her on 6/25/04, and she is supposedly close to 2 years old (they estimate she was born in June 2003, but I think she's younger than that) - anyway, she weighed 7 lbs or so when we adopted her last June, then in Jan. when we though she had something wrong with her anal glands (she didn't, but she was scooting across the floor like a silly little thing, so we had to get it checked), she was 9 lbs, 4 oz, and then this past Sat., when she went to the vet for her shots/checkup (and was a perfect angel that everyone thought was the prettiest little thing - no surprise to me), she was only 8.05 lbs! She's lost weight - must be all of those stairs in our house now. She's quite playful, but she also can sleep a lot, and she eats a healthy amount, including the occasional tiny pieces of low-fat turkey that she always begs for!

My Leila is also tiny - she was only 8 lbs, 7 oz when we took her to the vet on March 28. She is quite the slender thing, even though she's quite a bit taller than Claudia.

Both our girls are small, whereas the two boys are big - Bailey is a strong, tall, lean 16 lbs, 3 oz, and Leo is a tall, big 17 lbs.