Friday 18th of april

A day full of working and talking. First Megan called with her best friend and her family back in the Netherlands. Just to see and talk to everyone over there again. Afterwards it was time to work again. Bryan was working on the blog while Megan was busy tutoring. It was truly a day to stay inside since the rain has still not gone away.

Saturday 19th of April

Today the weather wasn’t any better than yesterday. Megan’s parents and little sister were on their way to Portugal and luckily hadn’t seen much of the rain yet. In the morning we checked on the little ones and one was missing….. We found her cold and barely moving in the back of the garage. We tried everything to warm her back up and to get her drinking by her mother. This was the second time something like this has happened, so we decided to get the little ones and the mother inside the camper. The mother loved it and fed the little ones well. We took a few pictures and cuddled with them. When Jan came home he wasn’t very pleased with the mother in his home and started to growl. At night it didn’t get any better so Bryan stayed up a little longer than usual.

Sunday 20th of April

We woke up tired. Jan growled almost all night and Bryan had to check on the little ones throughout the night. We can’t keep doing this every night. Megan gave a tutoring lesson while Bryan tried to get some shut-eye. After lunch we needed some groceries, but due to the lack of sleep we forgot something kind of important…. Happy Easter everyone! so every store was closed. Instead we stayed and weighed the little ones. To our shock some were way too small. The rest of the day was spent looking for ways to help the little ones and keeping a watchful eye on them to make sure they will be healthy, and of course sleep.

Monday 21st of April

Today the stores opened again! So we packed our stuff and did some groceries and laundry. We stopped by the vet as well to ask about the weight of the little ones and deworming medicine. We got the necessary supplies and when we got home we fed the kittens with a bottle for the first time. The 3 smallest kittens were fed first and the most, after which we put them in the camper for surveillance. We fed them through the night, which was yet again, not very good for our sleep.

Tuesday 22nd of April

After another horrible night and an early rise for Megan, we started the day. We were going to see Megan’s family today, so we left the little ones with their mother for the day and fed them before we left. Megan was happy to see her family again after some time. We drank some coffee and tea before going to the piece of land that Megan’s parents are trying to purchase. We will go back on a later date to enjoy a small vacation. When we got back we checked the kittens first and after Megan gave a tutoring lesson. After all that it was time to relax and for Megan to go to bed. Bryan stayed with the kittens till 3 o’clock.

Wednesday 23rd of April

Megan had to wake up at 7 again to feed the little 3. When they were fed it was time to lay them with their mother. After Megan did that she slowly started waking up and got ready for working in the garden. The weather finally improved. Bryan worked on a ditch for a water supply line and Megan cleaned the floors of the terras. Today was also the first day we were trying to feed the kittens wet food. 3 out of the 4 older ones were interested and ate some. We also weighed all of the little ones, and they weren’t growing as fast as we had hoped.

Thursday 24th of April

A new morning has risen and a new day to work in the garden has come. Megan helped Frank with mowing the grass and Bryan continued the work he started the day before. The weather was pretty hot today so we stopped after lunch. Megan had to give a tutoring lesson and after that it was feeding time again. We start to have a rhythm and we can finally go to bed early again for once.