2 Years With My Baby Girl!

It was about 2 yrs ago when I adopted my little furry friend from a girl I had ceramics with. After various attempts to have and keep a dog I gave up and "settled" for a cat. I will never say that this is a decision I regret.

I remember the day I got this little fur ball. My bff Clint and I went to go pick her up in the old University Apartments in Hays. When I arrived she had multiple cats, I had never said what color or anything, just that I wanted a cat. She had pre-appointed cats for everyone. I'm sure so there weren't some crazy cat ladies fighting over cats. I walked in and she handed me the little ball of fur. Then Clint and I walked out and with her on his shoulders pacing around I looked up at her and asked Clint "I only wonder what we will name her?" He instantly said "Mary Jane." I took another look at her as she was meowing and still pacing and knew that was it. The perfect name for the cutest cat! I usually wait a couple days to name a pet because I like it to incorporate their personality. Like when I got Pouncer. He just wouldn't stop pouncing on things. Hence the name.

Here she is when she was about 3 months old sleeping. I always call it her "Praying Picture."

This is a coffee table that one of my old friends had. Its a bear on its back and its legs hold up the glass. She would always lay on the bears belly and sleep like this. Dork!

She has some of the weirdest habits. She has to be around me all the time. When I'm in the bathroom. She is there for my support. She hasn't been in the sink much anymore, I'm guessing because I would just run the water on her or spit if I was brushing my teeth. She has some what of a tolerance to water. One of her bad habits is having to knock over every cup insight. So I bought a water bottle to spray her whenever she would start to knock one over. She really didn't care. One time I did it to her in the living room and she went behind a little stand that I had sitting out to shield the water from hitting her. She has started to retaliate from this tho, she will attack my feet and elbows out of no where now. I now have a rug under my coffee table in the living room so if I forget to pick up a cup with something in it, it doesn't stain my carpet.

Some of her favorite things include fuzzy blankets. She doesn't sleep on the furniture much, unless there is a fuzzy blanket on it. Her favorite one is "her" KU blanket. Dang she is smart! Yes she did also sport a KU collar during the season! Shes just as addicted as I am! Or maybe its the bird she wants.

She does however, have a favorite chair. Its a raggedy one that Clint brought from his apt in Hays and she has claimed it... which is fine with me! The only reason I still have it is because I get the best free wireless reception in the "spare" bedroom.

A new found favorite is the laser pointer! Mine is attached to a key chain and anytime she hears it or anything that sounds like it, she gets excited and starts looking for the dot!

She also likes to be out on the deck or peer from the window. She often has what I call "bird seizures." She will have small meows and her body will shake when she sees a bird. While she is also on the deck she likes to flaunt her pretty fur to the little kids that live in the apt down and across from me when they are out on their deck.

Of course she is curious and the other day when I was cleaning out my desk she climbed in one of the slots for the drawers.

Just tonight she was helping me study for my Chemistry final. She's always laying on my books, note cards or notebooks.

Metabolic Pathways and Energy Production must of been too much for her. Yes she likes to get in a good stretch while she dreams of mice and birds.

She also likes the little feather toys she received for Valentines Day from Grandma. Still freaked out about the packaging job Mom!

If you have noticed in her pictures she has the cutest little freckly on her nose. One of my favorite things about her is that she is ALWAYS at the door when I walk in. Ready for a good belly scratching and some loving! She also ALWAYS makes sure that I'm up by 5:30 am so that she can get fed. When she was little it was 4 am. She sticks a paw in my face and makes sure I'm up. She reminds me of Grandpa. Mom has said several times that during the winter he would tell the kids "I want to hear those feet on the floor."

Thank you Mary Jane for sticking with me while we were on the move a lot for a while when I first got you! You will soon have a place where you can chase all the birds and climb all the trees you want! Just hold in there chic!