I should say that I also LOVE animals. They may not be my first thought every morning or last thought every evening but I do love them. We have been wanting to add a furry friend to our family for some time now but things always seemed to be preventing us, but sometimes there is just no time like the present.
My husband and I had a little bit of a disagreement on what KIND of furry friend we wanted. I prefer the feathered kind (especially ducks) while he prefers the stuffed kind. Unfortunately for me the feathered kind are not usually very sturdy (2 year old) and for my husband the stuffed kind are just not as fun. With that in mind I was on team puppies. I even made a list of my favorite dog breeds/mutts for us to choose from. A "possible family dogs" list if you will, maybe I will post it at some point. My husband was team kitties. I say plural version because I just feel if I am going to do one I might as well do two at once. I also like that while we are gone during the day they will entertain each other.
Not that I have anything against cats mind you. I just prefer dogs because they make me feel safe and are a little more friendly in my opinion. My husband eventually won out. We do not currently have a fenced in yard and in order to get puppies would have had to do so and it would have been difficult to get the fencing done before her Birthday. Kitties it is!
Well, apparently August is a very, very slow month for kittens because I could not find any in St. Louis! I was even willing to drive an hour or two away...nothing! Maybe I was not looking in the right places or something because it just seemed that our idea for kittens was not going to work out after all.
Well, life goes on and I stopped worrying about it. Began eyeing a really nice play set for her Birthday instead when I received a call that my Aunt Mary was not doing very well. I grew up in Mobile, AL and so most of my family lives there. I packed up my things and the little one and I made the trip down to visit and be with family during this time. While I was down there for the week my Mom mentioned kittens and I had a crazy thought...why not see if Mobile has kitties?
Boy, did they! I browsed through pictures of adorable kitties and looked for "child friendly" or "raised with children" and then I found the "purrfect" ones! They were with a woman who had 3 small children and were very well socialized. Life is sometimes funny like that...I went down to Mobile, AL to say Goodbye to a family member and ended up saying hello to two new family members. God is good!
I had so many name ideas flying around in my mind. Kermit/Mrs. Piggy, Luna/Sol, Finn/Jake but when I met my little ginger bob-tailed boy the name "Firefly" just popped in my head and I knew it was his name. I wanted to name the other kitty, a grey-white female, Genevieve or "vivi" for short, but when my husband found out I named mine Firefly he had to have the other named Serenity. After one of his favorite T.V. shows "Firefly". So I ended up with cute match-y names anyways! :p
My bob-tailed blogging buddy, Firefly
Needless to say my 2 year old is totally in love. Now she wakes up every morning asking where the kitties are and goes to sleep asking about them at night. She fondly calls them "kitties" and "buddy" sometimes. The cuteness factor is seriously over-whelming. Here's some pics.
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