You are amazing - the love and commitment you've shown these 2 sweet babies is astounding. 

Oh, my, such wee preciousness.  

They purrrr!! It's so stinkin' cute!

So much cuteness.  Thanks for sharing the pics (and keep them coming).

Such tiny babies!!! Every dye should be take your kitty to work day!!

Nothing so restful before bedtime as seeing baby kittens growing and doing well.

MOAR PICTURES!!!! (Please, never mind the average couple-year-old laptop is probably more powerful than ENIAC on its best days: the Internet exists so we can have arguments with complete strangers thousands of miles away---and most importantly, for sending Cat Pictures!)

These literally made me smile; I love the little bit of side-eye you're getting in the third picture. It's nice for all of you to be able to be together during the day--you can never get too much kitten time!

@Season of life... Hessie's a shifty li'l girl, but super sweet. Little Thor is hilarious during feeding time. First he bats at whatever is in front of him-both paws. All the while bitching because there's no food in his mouth. I get the syringe in there, he starts, fast & furious... I have to slow him down or he overloads & I make him stop....he bitches some more & let's out this Lion Rawr. Mouth wide-head back: "WOMAN FEED ME! I AM KITTEN!" And then, clamp, suction, silence/smacking. I need to get video of it. Sometimes (heres the sadist) I pull back just to make him roar. It's so damn cute. And he purrs big purrs.  

the cute....it burns!!!! oh my gosh...

Your stories of Thor remind me of the stories I was told of my Luke...he was a bottle baby too...well, him and his sister. Luke STILL thinks he's starving all the time. Luke was the runt of the litter and now he's a 16lb monster. His sister was two of him as a kitten, now she's a 10lb prissy kitty. 

My bottle babies are massive lap cats now...hope Thor and Hessie turn out the same way. 

 I remember those smacking sounds and how greedy my little babies were--they wore out poor mama cat and I would feel so sorry for her. They would gang up on her, push her down and consume, consume, consume. I loved how tight and full their little bellies would get, and it was always nap time right afterward. I feel that watching a warm, milky little pile of kittens sleep is a natural way to lower one's blood pressure. 

I enjoyed your description of feeding time--feisty kittens demanding chow are adorable! I didn't have to bottle feed mine, but I can imagine how much dedication and love it takes to hand raise kittens. I can tell from your posts you are doing it joyfully, and I've said it before, but once again doesn't hurt--I'm happy to know your little beans found a safe haven. 

nothing cuter than a pile of milk-drunk kittens...heck, my two boneheads are still cute when they pass out after gorging themselves on dinner. 

In case you all haven't noticed...I am a cat lover! I'd have more but I think hubby would divorce me!

@feministxtian:  Husbands are adorable and wonderful critters (*have the totally best one in the Western Hemisphere, and dares anybody to bring on all comers*) but kitties are WAYYY  special. Maybe if you take Hubby to the pound, he'll get adopted by the Right Cat for your household?  

(We had a lovely gray baby who literally walked from her cage at the Baltimore shelter into my DH's arms, purring all the way. He had to make arms to support samira-the-kitty-cat, and when he called to me, and I saw she was carefully grooming his face---well, THAT catchild is totally gonna be adopted.)

Go,  tiny catbabies, go and GROW!  Uhhh, please, more pics?  Lots more?  Kitty-pix are sooooo good for my serenity and blood pressure--as are RL cats. *but glares at the Awful FurBrats who take up a whole lot of bed*

@samira_catlover @Imrlgoddess Here are my "bottle babies". Luke is the one on the back of the chair and Leia is the one getting skritches...

(just adding kitty pictures for blood pressure reduction(

These precious babies remind me there is love and kindness in the world. I just wanna love on your babies. Videos too, please!

@feministxtian those are some big kittehs!  

@Geechee Girl my own minion is finally home, I have videographer now!

@Imrlgoddess they were both maybe a pound each when I got them...I'll try to find baby kitteh pictures. But they're not spoiled or loved or get noms or nuthin' like that...(just ask 'em...they'll tell you how horrible it is to wait a whole 5 minutes for dinner).