lost in the bushes...

I am very proud of Taylor and two of her friends, Grace and Maya, for having such caring and nurturing souls. Yesterday, they were playing outside and they love playing in our backyard, where we live backed against a hill. Taylor and a few of her friends have made a little clubhouse up on the hill and they always play up there. They were playing and heard a very faint 'meow' behind some shrubs. They checked behind the shrubs and found a little kitty, that looked like he had been born within the last few days. His eyes were still shut, and he couldn't really walk. The mommy cat was no where to be found, and the girls felt if the kitty stayed out there alone, he would die. They brought him down to the house, and then over to Grace & Maya's house for a bit, where Noriane called a few animal shelters to see if they would take him. We couldn't find anyone to take him that late, since it was already after 5:00 p.m. so I took the girls to Petco and bought a little bottle and some kitty formula and we thought if we took care of him overnight that we could find somewhere that could take care of him today. I never thought taking care of a newborn kitty would be more work than a baby. I slept downstairs on the couch so I could sleep right next to the little bed we made for him, and could hear him when he needed to eat. I woke up every 2-3 hours to feed him a few drops of his formula. Alot of work, but very very cute.
I think this was a great experience for these girls, who have so much caring for all these little animals they seem to keep finding. Oh.. one more thing.... I forgot to say what they named him..... 'Jasper' (of course --- since he is a black kitty, and these little girls take after their Moms, they are diehard vampire fans also)