The World According to Pippin

My first day in my forever home with my mommy.

Hello internet world! My name is Pippin. I am 2 1/2 years old. My birthday is September 17th. They say I am a silver tabby, but I don't really know. See I didn't know my kitty mom. My first few weeks were spent at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. That's where I met my mommy.

One morning I was playing with my little kitten friends and in walked my mommy and Grammie. At first I didn't really pay attention to them. I was just playing. She was interested in this little orange tabby. I didn't like him very much. When she sat down with another kitten, a little black one, I knew I needed to make sure she saw me, because she is supposed to be my mommy. So I went over to her. She didn't see me sitting at her feet, so I started climbing her leg. She put the other kitten down and picked me up. After a few snuggles I jumped down to go get a couple bites of food, run through the litter box and play with some toys. I wanted her to see that I was a good eater, and I knew where the litter box was. Then I ran back to her for some more cuddles. I went through my little routine one more time, before cuddling into my mommy and not leaving. She tried to look at some other kittens, but if she picked up another one I was there climbing her leg or snuggling in closer, so she knew that I was the best kitten in the whole bunch.

Back then my name was Rudy. But mommy didn't think that was a good fit for me. I didn't either. I wouldn't answer to it. So she started trying different names to see if I would answer to any of them. I was a Christmas present from Grammie, and so she tried some wintery Christmasy names. None of them worked. She tried other names, like Chester, or Tulus or Baloo. I didn't like a one of them. We got in the car and started driving home and she was still calling out names to see which on will fit best. Then she said I was going to have to have a bath, I had no idea what that meant at the time! That is a story for another day though. She said I was stinky. I looked up at her. I liked that name. Stinky.... I can be stinky.... what a great name for a little boy! She said I couldn't be Stinky. She was not going to name me Stinky. So she kept naming different names and came to Pippin. I looked at her again. If I can't be Stinky, Pippin is a good name. She wanted to check to see if I was sure that was the name I wanted, so she started naming off different names again. I thought I wasn't going to get a cool name like Stinky or Pippin, when she says Pippin again! That was it. She liked the name, and so I was named.

My STRAW!!!!! My absolute favorite
kitten toy. I still play with straws occasionally,
but not very often any more

When we got home mommy cuddled with me all day! It was fantastic. I did a little exploring and I got yelled at by Grammie's cat, Bella. She didn't like me at first, and well truth told really only tolerates me most of the time, but I sure love her! Because Bella wasn't super happy about me coming to live with mommy, I got to go to work with Mommy. Mommy owns a little hair salon in a place with a bunch of old people. It was great! I got to snuggle with Mommy during the day and I met lot of people, and my best friend, Teddy. I will tell you more about him later too.

I went to work with Mommy for more than a year. I really liked it, but I decided I was old enough to stay home where it was quite and I could sleep in peace. Also there aren't fire alarms at home. Fire alarms are very, very, very loud, and scary. I don't like them. One time there was a fire alarm that lasted forever! I never thought it wouldn't stop. I didn't want to go to work after that. I do still like going for rides in the car!

This is my all time favorite toy. My orange string.
There is a jingle bell handle on one end. I like to carry it
around the house with me.

Lots of other things have happened in my short 2 years with my mommy, but I will save those stories for another day. I want to have stories to keep telling you. And seeing as I am always off on adventures I shouldn't have any problems telling lots of stories.

Here are some pictures and videos of my life. And some of my most favorite things.