Kitty cats get some camera time

Toby gets a lot of camera time because he's a ham. But he's not the only animal in this house. Above is Maybelline, one of our cats. She's a calico with longish hair and a crooked jaw that comes courtesy of a dog clamping down on her head when she was a kitten. It was a hunting dog that thought she was a rabbit -- totally accidental but left her a bit skittish at first around people. But she warms up fast.

At right is a picture of Parker. She was sleeping up under the Christmas tree and climbed out when she saw me taking pictures of Maybelline. Parker used to be a skinny little thing. Then she got fixed and the next thing I knew, she was part cat, part pot-bellied pig. She's incredibly loving and enjoys climbing up on my stomach almost as if to say -- "Hey bud, you got no room to talk about being part pot-bellied pig. Look at this thing I'm sitting on up here."

And this last photo is just a preview of what's to come. The decorating is in full swing here in our casa. I'll put up more photos later to give you a better taste of the transformation Natalie likes to put our home through for the holidays. She's only just begun.