Jan, how old was Eli when you got him? I got Amy when she was exactly 2 months old and she is now 2, I think. Maybe it is different with each one or peaks out after a certian age? I don't know! I just know I was not expecting ANY changes and right at her first birthday, she started changing and around each birthday, she seems to make a noticable decline. Her jumps down off the bed, sofa and chairs have harder landings, she has more problems getting up on the sofa, bed or chair but still refuses to let me put her up there.... I have taken my box spring and matress and put them on the floor to make it easier on her to get up and down from there.

The one thing I do have to say, with each decline, she becomes more and more affectionate and gets in more and more lap time. This time since I have had her home she is constantly by my side, or getting in my lap and PURRING! (She never purrs!) She is such a little sweetie pie!