Pictures of my family

Chester here! My human grandpa is out of the hospital! The infection is out of his system but it's hard for him to walk and do things like feed himself :( He was transferred to a rehabilitation facility so he can get strong again.

This got me thinking about my cat family. I don't know what my daddy looks like because he was a breeder cat like me but I have pictures of other members of my family!  Mommy doesn't own the pictures so I'm going to link this to the webpages where they appear - you can see the source if you click on the name of my relative

Bonnie - my mommy!

Remi - my grampa!

Tequila Sunrise - my other grampa!

A Note From Chester

Chester here! I just wanted to pass on a message from mom that she is not as on top of her own blogging and following other animal blogs as she'd like to be. Her daddy was admitted to the hospital a week ago - and is very lucky to be alive after getting sepsis. Also, she has a project at work that will last about a month or so. She mentioned feeling "Jewish guilt" (whatever that means!) but hopes to resume her transcribing duties of my blog and reading other animal blogs to me soon!

**Edited 4/17 at 12 noon: my daddy doesn't want anyone to think he's sick. Mommy's daddy (my grampa) is sick - my daddy is ok! -Chester**

I like to watch my people

Thank you everyone for your concern about me and the possibility of falling out of my cat tree! I haven't fallen out of it yet. Now jumping to a high place - that's a story for another day. I'm not the best at getting from one place to another but let me tell you that I have made leaps (lol!) since coming to my new home. All of the playing has made my muscles so strong that my jumps from to and to fro are much more successful!

My people really like to watch me-they think I'm cute and - oh yeah - can't believe that they even have me because daddy is supposed to be allergic (whatever that means). Well guess what - I like to watch them too!  Now some of these pictures are spooky because my eyes glow but they do a good job of showing some of the places I sit to watch my people - or just go to because *they* like those spots! Now remember - these are secret so don't tell too many other cats!

This is where I sit sometimes to watch my mom eating breakfast:

  

This is where I watch sometimes when she's getting ready to go to work:

This is me on the table - people watching has its rewards!

When they go to other places, I like to sit in their spots!

 

And this is my favorite - under the metal thingy:

My cat tree!

Chester here! Mom wants me to post old pictures tell more about my first months in NYC. 

In August 2011, I got a cat tree!

Mom and dad moved it to my room for a few months and now it's in their bedroom - next to that big piece of furniture with the tv. So if you think you have seen this cat tree before, you're right. I used it to get to the top of the "ar mwar" a month back!

Chester in a view to a kill

Chester here. Mommy remembered that her sister wanted her to post videos of Chester. Aunt Steph doesn't care what the videos look like but mommy thought one of the videos was too long. So, she went to YooToob and did stuff to it. And lookit - a new video of me!

I have a YooToob page if you want to see other videos of me. Mom wanted me to mention that most of them are like "home moovees".

Mom talks about my fleecy blankie video in another fleecy blankie video

Chester here. Mommy has been very busy. She came home late from work last night - I was so happy to see her! - but then she left again to go to the gym. I'm not sure what she does there - maybe they have people-sized scratching posts and larger toys on wands to chase! 

She thought it would be a good idea to put another video on my blog because she's still busy. Today she and daddy have to go to Queens, New York for Passover. I'm not sure what that is but it involves eating fish so it must be something good!

After we made my first fleecy blankie video, mommy felt bad. She thought that she had to explain herself and she made *another* video of me and my fleecy blankie. She's so funny - she still doesn't get that a lot of what I do is to train her. It's very confusing for me but she seems to be learning!

Anyway, here's part 2 of me and my fleecy blankie!

A post about my fleecy blankies

Boy - do I love fleecy blankies! I have quite a collection in my new home. 

My first one is square and white and belongs only to me. 

The other two I have to share:

a big blue one with a football helmet and the word "GIANTS" on it

 and a brown one with sleeves with the word "SNUGGIE" on it

I made a movie of me on my white fleecy blankie - I hope you enjoy it!

Another window sill and another sink!

Chester here. I'm taking over blogging duties so I don't have to be stuck in the comments section! 

For everyone who's new here, mommy switches between telling the story of how I first came to my new home and reporting on stuff going on now.   I'm going back to July 2011 -  that's when I've been in my forever home about a month. And when I found another window sill and another sink!

See all of those trees behind me? That's Central Park!

How great is this place!?! Mom took this when I was fast asleep. You can see all of my patterning - I have stripes on my flanks and my legs! But I have spots on my back and sides!

See that piece of paper? That came with something mommy and daddy bought called Eye Envy. I hate the stuff but I have to admit that it *does* get all of the brown from my tearing off of my nose and around my eyes. And I bet you didn't know I have a pink nose. Oh yeah - I'M IN THE SINK!

 Still here!

Just checking things out. That spoon is dirty!

And that's the tour of the sink!

I can't wait until the summer comes back - that sink was a comfy place!

-Chester