Meet Mittens...

isn't it cute?!
see the bobbed tail?

even our "non-animal-lover" likes it

the proud new owners

...our newest family member. Mittens has been hanging around our house for the past week or so. On Saturday, Nick and I decided to give it the official "welcome home" by feeding it. It didn't take him long to figure out we were offering it a home. As you can see, Rachel and Bradley are soooooooooo thrilled and excited to have a kitten. We haven't been able to determine if it's a he or she. It's definitely young and was very hungry when we gave it a first meal of hotdog and cheese left over from the kid's lunch. Since then, we have given it real cat food. It's a very pretty cat with sleek black fur and little white socks or mittens on it's feet. Also, strangely enough, it's a "bob-tailed" cat. I have NO idea what that means or what breed that comes from. Right now the kids are obsessed with watching it through the windows (we feed it on the front porch), petting it and feeding it cat food and milk. Dixie is not so thrilled and is not so sure she wants another pet on her land. This cat, if it chooses to stay with us, will absolutely, 100% be an OUTDOOR cat! I hope to get this little kitty to the vet at some point and see if there are major things wrong with it and also have it spayed or neutered. We do NOT want many kitties, just the one!