As you probably read last week, we lost one of our darling cats due to a medical problem. We still miss her like crazy, but we had already been thinking about getting a new kitty before she got sick and we decided not to wait very long before getting the new one.

Being the impulsive type that I am, I decided that I needed to get Blake a kitten for St. Patrick's Day. However, there was just one problem - no kittens. Apparently cats are very particular about when they breed and "kitten season" isn't for about another month. However, I am not only impulsive, I am persistent! I called two animal shelters, several pet shops, and three vets.

Finally, I found ONE single kitten in the whole city! It was way on the other side of town and they would only guarantee to hold him for an hour, so I got in my car and drove like mad!

People laugh at me for believing in the Secret and all that mystic mumbo jumbo, but I think this is a case where it really did help. I was very specific about what I wanted - I wanted a kitten 8 to 10 weeks old, I definitely wanted a male (they are usually friendlier than females), I love grey cats - all my most favorite cats have been grey or grey striped cats. But most of all, after Miss Touch-Me-Not that we just lost, I wanted one with a very cuddly and outgoing personality.

So what are the odds that the ONLY kitten I could find in the whole city would be a grey male, 8 weeks old that is the friendliest kitten I've ever seen? I'm serious, you pick him up and he just snuggles right up into your neck and starts purring his little head off! Think what you want because I believe!



Naturally, since we were getting him on St. Patrick's Day, we had to have a specifically Irish name for him. I pulled up a website of Irish baby names and started putting together different combinations. I narrowed it down to either Liam McMurphy or Shamus O'Sullivan, but I decided I liked the second one because we could either call him Shamus or Sully and I like both of those.


(It's hard to get a picture of him because he's so darn quick. He jumps around here like a little jumping bean!)

I hadn't breathed a word to Blake because I wanted to surprise him. I waited until he got home from school and then I acted like I was going to the restroom, but instead I brought out our little Shamus. I wish I'd gotten a picture of his face - he was SO delighted. So far everyone has just loved Shamus - he's such a little snuggle bug.


He did end up having his first visit to the vet a little earlier than we had planned. He had a bit of a sniffle when we brought him home so we got a little concerned about him and rushed him to the vet this afternoon. They said it was just a mild respiratory infection and gave him some antibiotics and he's already sounding a lot better. Nothing like a $50 vet bill to get your relationship off to a great start (sigh). Hopefully Shamus will be with us for a good long time!








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