I'm so confused about your legs. You just free balling? Short shorts? Is my perspective confused?
Not OP, but I guess they're sitting almost cross-legged, wearing shorts, and the pic was flipped so it's not what OP is seeing while looking down but rather what someone else standing in front of them would see, if that description makes sense. Basically like that: http://sketchtoy.com/71208345
Looks like shorts on top? Likely flipped the image from OPs perspective to give a better looking photo of the cat.
This is what I would see looking down. I cropped this photo. My legs were in this rhombus shape cradling the cat. Poorly made illustration: