Leo and his Austin family write home and send pictures!

 

From: LEO the Lionhearted (Reddy’s ‘Bright Red Boy’):

Dear Grandpa Gary:

Mom and Dad said it’s time to write and send pictures. I’ll be one year old soon. So here we go.

Mom tells me I was the pick of the litter. Absolutely the most beautiful red boy hands down. (‘Sorry’ to my siblings, but this is what my Mom says). I have to say that I do think I’m pretty cute.

From the day I arrived, I was a "Daddy’s Boy." The first two nights, I slept right in the middle of the bed and I licked my Dad from head to toe. I was a little scared; it was a rough day leaving you and my birth Mom ‘Reddy,’ and my siblings. First, this one big silver monster swallowed me, (the jet). Somehow I got out and then another one got me! Just when I thought I was surely done for, there was Daddy and he took me home and talked to me the whole way. I met my new Mom and we played with new toys and later I fell asleep in her arms, a place where I like to be. What a day!

I like to follow Dad around the house and I run and greet him at the door when I hear the key in the lock. My best friend is "Mr. Peanut." I have sent a picture of us together.

I got fixed and I still got my claws! Mom says I’m a good boy and use the scratching post like I’m supposed to.

Mom & Dad say that I’m sweet and good-natured (with a mischievous side). I have a "champion" mane and tail, and have the distinct "M" marking on my forehead. One hair from my tail measures 6 ¾ inches! My whiskers are over 4" long. I have straight hairs mixed with curly hairs. My eyes changed from greenish to orange. I jump and fly high with the feline-flyer feather toy. And I fetch and bring things back to Mom & Dad to throw again. I can run like lightning. I walk with my tail held straight up with just the tip in a curl. The fur on my back legs is very long too, and Mom says that when I walk away from her, it looks like I have on a pair of billowy Russian pants with boots!

The Vet says that I’m "perfect," "inside and out." And although I’m just over 10 months old now, I weigh almost 12 pounds already, and I’m still growing! The babes at the Vet clinic know me and always ask about me. Yep, I’m a Maine-Coon through and through.

That’s all for now,

"LEO"