New Knit and New Kit(ten)

Who's that? That, my friend, is our new feline friend. Remember my birthday present from Paul? The "thing" that this knitter was missing? It's my kitty (ok, OUR kitty)! We adopted her from the MSPCA shelter, which is a totally amazing shelter with a great facility, great volunteers, great employees and now, they are less one great cat!

This little one was brought in a week and a half ago because she and two other cats were found in abandoned in a building. Because they were brought into the emergency vet that is connected to the shelter, they don't have any more information about her. Judging by her size and her teeth, she is a young kitty. Not a little kitten but definitely not yet an adult. She was named Fanueil by the shelter and the other two that came in were named Prudential and Hancock (all names of important buildings in Boston for those that aren't locals). We thought Fanueil wasn't quite the right fit so we have shortened it to Fanny. Plus, Fanny lends itself to lots of playful nicknames and silliness.

We adopted her on Saturday but since she wasn't spayed yet we had to wait until Monday night to take her home. She seems to be settling in nicely although she has yet to meet the dogs. We are letting her recover from her surgery and get used to us for a few days before we let the dogs meet her. They have definitely been smelling each other underneath the door but the dogs don't seem too anxious to come after her. Hopefully that is a sign of an easy acceptance from them.

Last night Paul and I cuddled with her on the bed while we watched a movie. I knit her up a little toy to see if she is interested in playing and she liked it. Now, let's just hope that she doesn't discover how much fun yarn is!

This is one of the few pictures in which her eyes are open. She is so darn happy that in most of the pictures she is squinty eyed and purring or else she is trying to smoosh her face into my hand for some more lovin'.

As long as the dogs and Fanny can get along, I think we've found ourselves a winner!