Lepton

6 mo: Looking outside

6 mo: Sunbathing

6 mo: Getting ready to pounce

6 mo: Cleaning

6 mo: Mauling a feather

6 mo: Trotting around with her kill

6 mo: Naptime

7 mo

7 mo: Peering up at the camera

7 mo: Showing off her flab

7 mo: Playing (lazily)

7 mo: Playing (vigorously)

7 mo: Perching on TV

7.5 months - Lepton perches in the guinea pig holder while we prepare to take them out of the cage for a cleaning

8 mo: Waking up from a comfy nap

8 mo: What is that thing you're holding up to your face?

8 mo: Eagerly anticipates her dental treats...

8 mo: ...reaches...

8 mo: ...and nabs one!

8 mo: Lepton loves to sleep on Malina's office mess

8 mo: ...wakes drowsily from another nap...

8 mo: ...and another nap...

8 mo: ...and yet another nap.

8 mo: She pounces on anything crinkly like paper or plastic...

8 mo: ...and tears at it before it gets away.

8 mo

8 mo: Lepton & Fuzzball are curious

8 mo: Lepton *so* wants to touch Gizmo while Gizmo wonders if the paw is a new variety of alfalfa

8.5 months: Getting stuck in a box, struggling to get out

8.5 months: First time snuffling the outside - after this day, she spends hours staring at her TV screen: the outdoors

9 months: Using the highest point to try to reach a bug on the wall

9 months: Kitty crack

9 months: Yup, she's spoiled with filtered and oxygenated water

Sean & Lepton at 9 months

9 months: Lepton views us as sleeping and grooming platforms, undoubtedly because we're a great heat source

9 months: She seems to have taken a liking to my office chair

9.5 months: Sometimes we accidentally use her as a pillow

9.5 months

10 months: Lepton later crawled into the drawer and managed to contort her way *inside* the cabinet

10 months: What is it with cats and boxes anyway?

10 months: and bags?? We have to be really careful whenever bags are around and watch her closely. Or she might do something like this and strangle.

10.5 months: During Lepton's daily TV watching, she noticed a squirrel taunting her outside. Her little mews begging to be let outside were *sooooo* cute.

10.5 months: I do this in part to dust those unreachable places. She doesn't seem to mind the cobwebs and dust because everything is *far* too interesting.

10.5 months: I've started carrying her around to places she's not allowed or can't reach. It's her newest form of entertainment and she starts purring as soon as the tour begins.