{"id":3426,"date":"2011-10-23T23:48:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T23:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/kittens-what-is-better-to-cuddle-with\/"},"modified":"2011-10-23T23:48:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T23:48:35","slug":"kittens-what-is-better-to-cuddle-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/kittens-what-is-better-to-cuddle-with\/","title":{"rendered":"kittens \u2026 what is better to cuddle with?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have never been shy when talking about my girls. I give them pillows to sleep on in front of fires and rarely get angry when they wake me for breakfast at 6am. I take lots of photos of them and often toot my own horn as a pretty awesome kitty mama. Recently I even wrestled a chicken breast out of Digi\u2019s mouth &#8211; seriously\u2026 that happened &#8211; yet in the end, I gave it to them cut up in pieces for their dinners. Now find me a better kitty mama than that.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time in Iowa and since May I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to watch these little peanuts grow and grow \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3258.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3258_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3314.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_3314_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I might even have more photos of these little ones than my own! Shh &#8211; don\u2019t tell the girls that. <\/p>\n<p>So since I\u2019m back logged on posting the oodles of animal photos I have in my \u2018bank\u2019 I\u2019m pulling out a few of my favorites from when I was there in August. They were still awfully little kitties and quite skeptical of me. I think that was more to do with the crowds of people celebrating anything and everything nearby and not related to me personally. That makes me feel better :)But regardless of why they were skittish, I think I still got some keepers\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4385.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4385_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4387.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4387_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4389.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4389_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4392.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4392_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026 I call those \u201cjungle kitty\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4415.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4415_thumb.jpg?resize=267%2C400\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4407.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4407_thumb.jpg?resize=601%2C400\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4711.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4711_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a>&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4712.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4712_thumb.jpg?resize=430%2C645\" width=\"430\" height=\"645\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>so as I hear my own girls pitter patter and clomp clomp around the apartment I think about how peaceful these kitties are. They are never all <em>that <\/em>crazy and also probably never rustle window blinds or claw on dressers just because they know it will wake you up and usually that means breakfast follows soon after. Nah, these kitties are calm and collected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4780.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" border=\"0\" alt=\"chocolate moose images, kitten, iowa, minneapolis pet photographer, pet portraits, cat photography\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_4780_thumb.jpg?resize=800%2C696\" width=\"800\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>those eyes. they just scream \u201ctake me home and cuddle me!!\u201d \u2026 I\u2019d love to my friend, I really would. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never been shy when talking about my girls. I give them pillows to sleep on in front of fires and rarely get angry when they wake me for breakfast at 6am. I take lots of photos of them and often toot my own horn as a pretty awesome kitty mama. Recently I even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[19,456,100,243,173,220,25],"class_list":["post-3426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats","category-choco-moose","tag-cat-potrait","tag-choco-moose","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-kitty","tag-kitties","tag-minneapolis-pet-portrait-photographer","tag-pet-portrait-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Bqtn-Tg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chocolatemooseimages.com\/taketwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}