Meet Oliver

Oliver

I cannot believe we have a CAT! I am NOT a cat person, and have NEVER been a cat person. But, that all changes when your sweet little girl IS! Emersyn has always been obsessed with cats and kittens, which is weird because only ONE friend of ours has cats, and my grandma!! So, she hasn't even really been around them.

Well, I feel like in the past month we have been surrounded by others trying to give us a kitty. We have put our foot down in the past and just let Emersyn enjoy them, but not ever bring them home. They were all short haired kitties also, which grow up to be not so cute cats. (in my opinion!) Well, after Brent, Ezra and Emersyn's visit to Uncle Johnny's farm two weeks ago, Emersyn has asked to go back EVERY DAY to see the kitties! Ezra then started saying he would want a kitty. So, I started thinking about the different possible "pet" we could get that wouldn't be a cat! I thought, rabbit, then asked around and they eat everything and would be more work. I thought, maybe we could get another puppy...then quickly thought NO! So, maybe a mature rescue dog, then thought NO. And, Brent said NO to all the above :). It kind of just kept going back to a cat.

After talking to a few people, I learned cats really are an easy pet. We need a pet that could stay by themselves while we travel, that won't be high maintenance ( i mean, i already have 3 kids!), that won't cost us a lot, that gets along with Jager, and that my kids won't get tired of. Not that we "needed" another pet. So, like I said, it just kind of kept coming back to cats. Well, I thought I would start looking around for a long haired kitty and go from there. I didn't find any for a week or so, which was okay with me. Then, Sunday night, I thought I would look on craigslist. That's where I saw a picture of Oliver. I texted the lady and sure enough, she had 3 kitties, 2-short haired and 1-long haired. So, I set up a time for Monday to go see the kitties. First mistake! Second mistake was taking Emersyn with me!

So, that's how we ended up with Oliver. The kids are OVER THE MOON for him. He is a really sweet kitty. All the kids do is take turns holding him and he completely goes limp and lets them. He even let's Elynn pick him up and carry him around like a ragdoll. She is the funniest with him. She squeals everytime she sees him. She LOVES picking him up and carrying him. If he is on the ground and no one is holding him (which is RARE) she will scoop him up so fast and walk away with him. If you try to get him from her, she starts running so you can't! I should video it! Super Funny!

Anyway, I am just praying it was a good decision and not a horrible one. So far, so good. The kids are so happy and love him and that makes it all worth it!

Happiest girl bringing home a kitty

Oliver playing

Elynn and her new "ragdoll"

Sweet Oliver

Ezra and his buddy