"(background, of course)"

... hadn't you said so, I would have thought the cat was your mother, heehee.
No - seriously now ... did you sneak up on the two of them in very low light and take a long exposure pic without your mom ever noticing? Really?
(To tell you the truth: similar photos could be taken of me and my Mia, she has taken to silently coming into my bed at night to rest with me, I never had the chance to chase her away for I used to be fast asleep and now she thinks it is her right to be there).