Meet Kelsey!

We've been on the hunt for Kelsey for a few weeks now. We have been thinking that we would like Polly to have a friend. At first we thought we'd wait til after we moved, but then decided that this house is more conducive to acclimating a kitten. We have a bathroom in the basement that can be her room until we're ready to give her more free reign. That worked great for Polly, and we won't have that in our new place.

So, we started our hunt . . . and quickly found that kittens are scarce this time of year!! Bummer. Thankfully we hadn't told the kids. Today we called the Humane society again, and they had two female kittens (the Patton family has no use for boys!). This time it was Emma's turn. Daddy took her out on a date and she got to pick.



When Aaron called to say he was on the way home, I took Meg downstairs to let her help me set up the kitty's room. She was very excited, but it felt pretty intangible.


Ali was napping when Aaron and Emma got home. She is still very sick and napped for 3 hours! So we woke her up by bringing Kelsey to her bed. She blinked a couple of times as though she couldn't believe her eyes.


Next, it was time to wake Julie up. At first sight Julie said "It's Xander!" (Xander was the Alligood's cat who was white and orange.) We corrected her, and she's now saying "It's Cow-sey"

And last, but not least . . . we have Polly. Let's just say that as of now, Polly is less than pleased with our choice. She is keeping a close eye on little bits and is doing lots of growling and hissing. We've been trying to love on Polly some, but she's not interesting in any affection from us. Even shaking the treat bag isn't working at this point. It seems that she might be chilling out a little. I guess we'll see.