My friend Khanequa brought her 4 year old son, Maxwell, to visit this past Saturday. Max was a little nervous about around the cats this time, even though the last time he had seen the cats he had really enjoyed being around them. He had a great time entertaining Abby and Abby definitely seemed to take a liking to K and Max.

Earlier that day, Abby had been struggling to stay awake. She refused to go down for a nap, despite obvious signs of exhaustion. She becomes very clingy to her knit blankie whenever she gets tired and she refused to part with it all morning. Ever since she started daycare, she has become attached to knit blankets, which she uses to cover her face or rub her face against as a sleep aid. We don't know how the habit developed, but so long as she has a pacifier and a knit item (it can be a sweater) against her face, she is generally a piece of cake to put down for a nap.

She was busy harassing Belle that day. Cornering her to get an opportunity to pet her favorite kitty was something Abby spent a good amount of her waking time pursuing. Lucky for Abby, Belle is stubborn to a fault and tries her best to hold her ground against all of Abby's attempts to grab her. We have been working with Abby to understand how to be gentle around the cats and she has actually learned to respond to, "Pet nicely, please."