A new beginning..

we brought the kitten home to our apartment yesterday. we finally have her all to ourselves.  after the drawn out experience of hunting for a kitten, we are graced with this purrfect, silent meower with eyes that can make a hershey bar melt.  she's lovely.  we named her eva.  

it has been a conflict of emotions storming through my skull the past two days.  we are very excited to have Eva with us, but it has been a bittersweet experience. we had not been expecting to adopt a new member of the family. we were satisfied with our cat, Floyd. 

i was heartbroken when Floyd passed away.  i documented life with Floydie cat pretty regularly with photobooth, digital cameras as well as disposable. Never hesitating to capture his flawlessness. He was our companion.  He traveled the east coast and loved having his belly rubbed.  in simplest terms, he was a rad cat. 

after my boyfriend and i talked, i decided to create a blog of the new adventure we're embarking on by starting our family with the adoption of a pet.  this is his first baby inside.  we will watch her grow, learn her and love her together.  this is my first shared pet.  this is exciting.  an adventure to be had. (:

we adopted Eva on august 4.  we found her at an animal rescue.  she's a peanut. her index card claims she is 3 months old, but she fits in one of our hands.  she is mix of colors.  white and tiger striped fur with a few cheetah-esque spots and white all over.  she even has a few smudges of brown under her chin.  that's her favorite place to curl up for a nap too.. under our chin.  we've caught her there after a nap twice now.

she's a light switch for fun.  she can go from napping to pouncing in a millisecond.  she'll crouch into prey mode and then wiggle her little but back and forth dramatically and then leap in the air and attack the hemp toy charlie has rigged together for her.  she likes the string.  if you don't pay attention to her, she'll rub on your ankles, since its the highest she can get, and then flop on your feet.  who could resist that?

she loves affection.  she gets excited to clean our eyelashes.  she'll help steady herself by placing her dainty white paw on the end of our noses and go in for a good session.  she's very sweet about having strangers give her lovin'.  she'll greet them with a quick nose press and an automatic rumbly purr.  

more later.

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