Steve and I rose with the sun this morning having shared a very good night last night. We had such a great night because, low and behold, we got to sleep through the entire night!!
At the risk of sounding too much like “real parents”…we woke up rested, excited and proud because for what is possibly the first time…our little Tugger slept through the night!!! Or, at the very least, he didn’t feel the need to wake us up to share in his nocturnal prowlings!
Ever since we got Tugger, almost two and a half months ago, we’ve found ourselves routinely getting up anywhere between 2am and 6am to kick the little guy out of our room because he either purrs, plays or is just outright stubborn about this cherished time that we so call “sleep”. Even he is pretty used to it by now as he no longer tries to race back into our bedroom before we close the door. Instead, he just gives us this defeated look and walks away as if to say “fine…then I’ll hunt without you…but don’t think for a second that I’m sharing any of my winnings with YOU!”
I think it’s worth mentioning though that even Tugger has developed his own little ground rules regarding our sleeping time; even if we do kick him out…the moment our alarm clock goes off…he patiently sits outside our door and meows pathetically until we let him back in. As far as he’s concerned, this is non-negotiable! We’ve accepted his terms thus far and our system seems to be working quite effectively!
This morning though…I woke up to the alarm and as my eyes opened, I had a brief moment of panic because I realized that I hadn’t gotten up at all to remove our fur ball from the bedroom. I tried frantically to think of where he could be or what could be wrong that kept him from waking us, as per our agreement! Sure enough though, as the split second passed, I looked over to find my purring little guy lying right next to me, curled up by my pillow, one eye peeking open at me and the other is a slight daze of his own! It was heavenly…our kitty let us sleep! They really do grow up so fast!!!
Before we give him too much credit though, here’s the look he gave me on Sunday when I woke him up from his eighteen hour afternoon nap!!!!!
At the risk of sounding too much like “real parents”…we woke up rested, excited and proud because for what is possibly the first time…our little Tugger slept through the night!!! Or, at the very least, he didn’t feel the need to wake us up to share in his nocturnal prowlings!
Ever since we got Tugger, almost two and a half months ago, we’ve found ourselves routinely getting up anywhere between 2am and 6am to kick the little guy out of our room because he either purrs, plays or is just outright stubborn about this cherished time that we so call “sleep”. Even he is pretty used to it by now as he no longer tries to race back into our bedroom before we close the door. Instead, he just gives us this defeated look and walks away as if to say “fine…then I’ll hunt without you…but don’t think for a second that I’m sharing any of my winnings with YOU!”
I think it’s worth mentioning though that even Tugger has developed his own little ground rules regarding our sleeping time; even if we do kick him out…the moment our alarm clock goes off…he patiently sits outside our door and meows pathetically until we let him back in. As far as he’s concerned, this is non-negotiable! We’ve accepted his terms thus far and our system seems to be working quite effectively!
This morning though…I woke up to the alarm and as my eyes opened, I had a brief moment of panic because I realized that I hadn’t gotten up at all to remove our fur ball from the bedroom. I tried frantically to think of where he could be or what could be wrong that kept him from waking us, as per our agreement! Sure enough though, as the split second passed, I looked over to find my purring little guy lying right next to me, curled up by my pillow, one eye peeking open at me and the other is a slight daze of his own! It was heavenly…our kitty let us sleep! They really do grow up so fast!!!
Before we give him too much credit though, here’s the look he gave me on Sunday when I woke him up from his eighteen hour afternoon nap!!!!!
For more pictures of Tugger (not sleeping!), click here.
3 comments:
For us...It is between 530 and 6am. We are awoken by the cat trying to knock the remote, book or even lamp off of the night stand. Then he gets locked out. As soon as the alarm goes off, he starts knocking at the door and screaming at the top of his Kitty lungs looking to be let in.
The trick, feed him @ midnight. He sleeps in then :)
These little conspiracies on our part only remind me that the felines in our life only "let us" think that we are the owners!!! They know who really calls the shots!!!!!
Cats kind of scare me, but boy, is yours ever cute! I especially love the yogurt box shots. Too funny! :-)
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