Welcome to the Family!

After losing Melanie, our family cat, last month Marina has been anxious to get a new pet. It took me a bit longer to be ready to move on. Today is National Cat Day, so our local shelter was offering a special on cat adoptions. So we went this afternoon to check it out.

I didn't tell Marina we were going until we were in the car. She was so excited she used the GPS on my phone to locate the shelter. Then she excitedly announced as we got closer.

When we arrived there weren't many kittens available. So we took a look at all the cats they had. As we were walking through, we saw a black kitten with green eyes staring at us. So we made a note to find out more about her. The shelter had named her Dance and she came from the home of a hoarder. She had a respiratory infection and was listed as not social. We decided to meet her.

Dance was brought into the room where we were waiting. She came immediately out and checked us out. She allowed both Marina and I to hold her and she purred in our arms. At one point she even climbed onto my shoulder and cuddled next to my face. We considered seeing additional cats, but we learned another family was interested in meeting Dance, so we quickly decided we couldn't risk losing her and decided to adopt her.

The kitten was surprisingly quiet in the car ride home. We discussed possible names for her. Marina suggested Evanora - one of the witches from Oz the Great and Powerful. Naming a black cat after a witch seemed logical. Later she said she liked Jasmine. We put them together to make Jasmine Evanora. I think that is what we are leaning towards now.

 Once we arrived and let her out and she immediately started to explore everywhere her tiny body would fit. Marina was dying to play with her and despite my cautions she got out the laser pointer and got her to chase it for a while.

Having a kitten around will be quite an adjustment, but we're looking forward to it!