Baby reminds me of a swirl of wind-blown snow spread unevenly over the surface of a frozen lake. Wish I had a buddy like Baby when I was 12. But no! They said I was allergic to cats and that I must avoid them at all cost. So I had no cat buddy until I was 41!

Can you imagine the deprivation?

Enjoy your little Baby boy, little mama! Scruff him up and roll across the floor with him and, every now and then when he is eating, drop to your hands and knees and put your nose right down there in his food bowl, take a bite and see what he does. And occassionally, when you are eating, please allow Baby to put his nose into your bowl or plate, especially if you are eating salmon - good, wild, Alaska salmon, of course - and let him take a big bite.

Then the two of you can go sit in a corner somewhere and belch together. But if you cough up a hairball, then you had better stop this kind of behavior!