That time we had two cats...

We had the sweetest kitty roaming our neighborhood last week.  Our neighbors Jason & Sarah took it in for a couple days and kept it on their deck.  It just so happens that I graduated High School with Jason- it finally hit the other day after talking with him during a walk- he looks so familiar because I went to school with him.  It is a small small world.  :)  They have a daughter, Calliope, who is 6 months old and destined to be a friend of Abby's in the future ;)

But...  back to this kitty...  Jason and Sarah are terribly allergic to cats and were looking for the rightful owner of this tabby- or anyone who was willing to take it in and give it a good home, either temporarily or forever.

I'll be honest, I wanted the kitty.  I want all kitties.  But we weren't sure if Orion would be ok with a new friend in the house and we wanted to be fair to him.  So, Mandy and I started brainstorming on possible adoptees as I posted pics of the kitty on our town websites.  We found a willing daddy for this new kitty and Leif and I offered to take the kitty in for the week until he was able to go to his new home.  Jason and Sarah showed up that night and were more than willing to give the kitty a new home.  This kitty was given multiple names- first it was Dusty.  Then Abby named it Fluffy, and then almost immediately retracted that name.  Then he was Duffy.  And we finally settled on Snowball II (a reference to Leif's favorite TV show, the Simpsons)

Snowball II spent two nights with us before we learned that he is a neighbor's outdoor kitty and we were instructed to not feed or take him inside.  During his stay, however, Abby greatly enjoyed his company and exclaimed "My house is full of kitties!" the first night.  We thought he was sweet too but Orion wasn't overly pleased with Snowball's company and we weren't overly pleased with Snowball's late night howling and shenanigans.

We've learned that Snowball's name is actually Rocky and we feel lucky that we get to see him around the block still.  He is very good was enthusiastic Miss Abby.  :)