Hi this is Coco writing

Hans is letting me share his Blog until I get older.  I wanted to show how I've grown a little.  Mama is holding me carefully.  I love my life, so I just wanted to say that and to say Hello out There - anybody home?  I heard about Justin, Jackson, Dennis, and TMM.  I heard about Bill and trains.  I heard about Heath and Lucas.  Are these Peoples or Kitties?  Maybe dogs?  I know one dog - she lives with me and Hans.  She's ok if I don't pester her.  She hates to be pestered.  Here is my photo now - I was only 8 weeks old, I'm now 9.

Autumnal Equinox

Autumn started yesterday, Sept 23, 2010.  I don't understand but it's beautiful to look outside and see leaves turning colors - it's a new show everyday and some leaves are starting to fall to the ground.  People, and cats too, step on the leaves, they crunch and make pictures on the sidewalk.  Here's what autumn looks like in the forest:

German Moon

Mama's friend in Germany's Mosel Valley took this photo - he wasn't happy with it, so Mama made the moon shine - get it Moonshine!!  I know what that stuff is because I watch  The Beverly Hillbillies.  The moon is not made of cheese either - it was put into the sky to shine in the night and keep us from falling off fences and to see little mice running around. I like the moon, especially when it's big and bright.

The Two of Us

Soon Coco and I became friends.  She likes to play, yippee, and she also likes to snuggle.  I love her very much...xxxxx

Something NEW

The other day, a box came into the house.  It had scratchy noises inside.  I was curious of course, but the box went into a room I couldn't enter.  I heard my mom talking in her high voice - not the one she uses when I'm doing something naughty.  Not like "NO, Hansel" - more like "oooo, you sweet little puff ball and stuff like that."  Later I discovered she really was talking to a puff ball.  She was holding it and carrying it around.  She showed me the puffy thing - I was a bit confused.  No noise came from the fluffy thing, but somehow I knew she was a new toy for me.  It walked and ran and hid.  I suppose it was a new game.  I played along.  Sometimes it would come over real close and I couldn't help but hiss and back off.  It was all so new and nothing I had experienced before.  That night, Mama, Marie, me, and my new toy slept in one room.  I hissed for a while, but by morning, I figured it all out.  My fluffy toy was a miniature ME.  I licked her ears, back, and tail.  I just had to lay my paw on her back and she was all mine.  She sometimes made a little squeal and started playing the hiding game again, but then she would come back.  I think she liked me.  It's been 3 days now and she has a name now.  She's Coco.  Mama says she's courageous like Coco Chanel and sweet as cocoa.  I like her so much and hope she keeps playing games.  I was getting a little tired of playing ball.  I have a playmate!!  So that's what's new - Coco, my girlfriend.