Cats and Dogs

Right after I had the girls, a friend of mine explained to me that whatever their personalities were at birth, would stay the same throughout their lives. I must admit, I didn’t really believe it since I imagined that you learn to act a certain way for the most part. Seeing the differences in Emily and Lillian’s personalities is just amazing and they seem to complement each other well, like the yin and the yang.

From the time they were 1 week old, we could clearly see that Emily was more like a puppy dog and Lilly was more like a kitty cat.

Emily wakes up in the morning with a smile on her face, interested in everything around her, needing to go here and there and everywhere. Wherever you are is where Emi wants to be and if you can pat her back, hold her hand, rub her foot or kiss her in the process, all the better.

Lillian, on the other hand, wakes up in the morning, (earlier than she would like to thanks to Emi), likes to stretch and then wants to sit quietly and watch tv or read a book while she nibbles on some banana and a sippy cup. When Lilly was a tiny baby she would stretch in the morning for at least 5 min or more.

Emily is in your face all the time, interested in everything you have to tell her about life and would love to be physically connected to you if she could make that happen. She requires a lot of one-on-one attention but she will reward you with her intelligence and perhaps a lick on the leg (she does this regularly and it worries us a bit).

Lilly can play with a piece of hair she finds on the carpet (although she would rather a fresh one she plucks from your head), for at least 30 min or more. If you give her yarn, all the better! She is even learning to hsss like a cat.

She loves to go off and do things on her own, in fact, one time we lost her in the house for about 15 min and almost gave Ben, Alex and I a heart attack. We finally found her shut in the food pantry closet playing with onions and stacking cans of tuna (hhhmmmm).

As you can see, the personality traits of these girls really are similar to cats and dogs. Emi can’t help but love you and Lilly will make up her mind about you once she is ready! They are alike in many ways though too. For example, both of them have jumped out of the tub only to go run and pee on the carpet and they can both tear a room apart if left alone within a few minutes.