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Meet the newest member of our family – Freddy!<\/p>\n

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When we were looking for Nimbus, we considered getting two cats at once.\u00a0 We never completely dropped that idea.\u00a0 It’d be nice for the cat to have a companion, when we travel or are away at school and work.\u00a0 But we got Nimbus and she’s great!\u00a0 She’s such a perfect cat.\u00a0 Why mess up the family dynamics and add another?<\/p>\n

Every so often I’d look and find new adorable cats on shelter websites, and send the links to Ben.\u00a0 He’d rebuff and I’d agree, no second cat.\u00a0 Then the next week he would send me some cat links, and we would go back and forth like this for months.<\/p>\n

Friday morning Ben showed me that Foothills Animal Shelter had a large number of new cats in, and he wanted to go see a few.\u00a0 Sure, sounds fun!\u00a0 I had no intention of actually getting a cat, just thought it would be fun to look together, to remind ourselves that we don’t need a second cat.<\/p>\n

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One of the little guys we met was “Felix,” a 9-10 month old kitten.\u00a0 He was shy at first, but opened up soon.\u00a0 He showed us he was very loving and playful.\u00a0 He was exactly what I would want – a small short-hair cat who wants tons of cuddling and is younger than Nimbus.\u00a0 Nimbus doesn’t really snuggle with anyone except me during the mornings and Jack in bed at night.\u00a0 Ben wished he had a buddy to share a warm lap.\u00a0 On top of it all, Jack has been stating his favorite cats are orange cats for a while now.\u00a0 I agree, besides calicos and blue russians, they are top cuties.<\/p>\n

Well, let’s put a hold on him, I said.\u00a0 We’ll sleep on it.\u00a0 I told the kids after school that we were looking at a cat and they got very excited to get another.\u00a0 I had evening plans, but offered to take the boys down to meet him real quick.\u00a0 Ben said, why not just get him instead?\u00a0 So we did!\u00a0 Armed with our carrier, the boys met Fred and he was just as sweet with them as before.\u00a0 We all wanted him, so why wait?\u00a0 (Why?? Cause this isn’t how I do things!!\u00a0 I’m very meticulous and planning, I had no intention to get a cat this very weekend! I am still smothering these thoughts).<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3632\"While doing to adoption paperwork I found out that he was surrendered for litterbox problems.\u00a0 He was checked out by the vet and has no related medical problems, and showed normal litter usage while at the shelter.\u00a0 Hmmm.\u00a0 Molly had some litter problems that we dealt with, but I had vowed never to get a cat with litter problems again.\u00a0 Yet here I was, with a giddy Jack literally bouncing with excitement and telling me how cute he is, and Ben sending me the photo on the left from the back room, all while I try to talk to the shelter staff.\u00a0 I pushed ahead with the adoption and hoped the litter problems were temporary.<\/p>\n

We’ve had him about 24 hours and he’s been a perfect litter box user.\u00a0 Multiples times, doing all manner of business in there.\u00a0 I hope it was something related to the previous home and we don’t have a problem here. (Knock on wood\/fingers crossed).\u00a0 Well, he does have some stinky farts.\u00a0 So did Nimbus, until we tried some different food brands and fixed it that way.\u00a0 We’ll have to work on that later.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3639\"Speaking of Nimbus, she heard me pouring Fred his first meal and stood outside the door.\u00a0 Fred came over and they investigated each other through the crack.\u00a0 We’ll give them a few days apart before trying any face to face meetings.\u00a0 (While I write, the boys reported that Fred stuck his paw out under the door, startling Nimbus out from the hall.)<\/p>\n

Sam came up with the name Freddy as we drove to the shelter, when he read a sign for Freddy’s Steakburgers.\u00a0 I thought it suited him perfectly!\u00a0 Ben liked it too, and Jack came on board after a little more discussion.\u00a0 We like a lot of Freds – Fred Rogers, Freddie Mercury, Freddy from Shazam, Fred Weasley, Freddy Honeychurch . . . and it just suits him, you know?<\/p>\n

So that’s my story!\u00a0 Unexpectedly big weekend for the Masons \ud83d\ude00\u00a0 Welcome, Freddy!<\/p>\n