Newest member of my family

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Some of you may remember that we had to put our cat Cosmo to sleep almost 2 months ago. Things were getting better for us as time went on, our other cat Mrs. Bouvier was relishing the extra attention & Bubba the dog didn't seem to notice that anything had changed (I love him to death, but he's not too bright, that one )

Anyway, we had NO plans of getting another pet anytime soon. Then we got a phone call from my sister-in-law's sister. She works for the SPCA & was fostering 2 kittens but her husband wouldn't let her keep them. She was nervous about having the SPCA put them up for adoption, since many cats are returned & often put down.

So. I tell her no, it's too soon, I don't think so, we can't. She tells me about how they're B&W and that must be a sign, since Cos was B&W too. Mark is skeptical, I'm hemming & hawing, telling her maybe. Then the clincher - the boy cat has 1 EYE! Well, of course I'm intrigued. Hubby is a bit weirded out at first, but I convince him that we chould at least go to her house & check him out.

Turns out that these kitties were brought in by some woman who humanely traps cats to bring in to the SPCA to be fixed/tagged/adopted/whatever. The boy scratched his eye really bad while in the trap, so they tried to give him medicine, but it got infected & they had to remove it.

A 1-eyed feral cat? Hello! Of course I'll take him!!!

He's about 12 weeks old, almost 3 pounds. He's EXTREMELY friendly & loves to cuddle. His purr is so loud, and he's really playful without being totally crazy. He wants to play with Mrs. Bouvier but she'll have none of that. (She did the same thing to Cosmo when we first brought him home, so hopefully she'll learn to love him too.) Poor Bubba wants to play with the kitten, but the kitten will have none of THAT! It's been a bit weird, though - he has a lot of the same mannerisms as Cosmo did. Creeps us out at times, but we'll get used to it.

The name was a big issue, of course we're jerks so we had to have a 1-eyed reference in there. I loved Sammy (Davis Jr.) but Mark nixed that one. He wanted Cy (for Cyclops) but I nixed that one. (One Eyed) Jack was discussed, but eventually let go. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present my new baby:

One Eyed Willy!!! Named for the pirate in the movie The Goonies, you pervs. I've already had to tell Mark to stop saying "I'm going to play with my little Willy now." Umm, honey......