Kitty Kai

In March, we added a new addition to our zoo.  Meet Kai.

She's very friendly, well at least to most of us.  Of course, she has taken a strong disliking to Sasha, but not Quigley - oddly enough.  Probably because she thinks Sasha can eat her for breakfast and Quigley can't.  Evidently, she hasn't paid much attention to how much pigley Quigley can put down :)

This is also the first time we have owned a cat since Hannah was born.  Aleana had a cat when we lived in Colorado - but  Sissabelle (Aleana named her) was eaten by a fox.  We promised Aleana she could get another one.  Then we moved, then we moved again, and then again.  So 4 years later, we finally made good on our word, and took in Kai.  Kai's previous owners were pcs'ing and could not take her.  Trace did the screening process (you know, to make sure it wasn't a psycho cat - because we have certainly had our fair share of those) and she passed with flying colors.

The first time Hannah met Kai, she came running back into the living room where we were all sitting and exclaimed, "MOM! Our kitty is a...is a...VAMPIRE!!!  She went like this and everything!" [insert Hannah hissing and showing her fangs].  Stupid Vampire Twilight crap.  Cats can't even get recognized for their own hissing anymore.  And yes we did explain why cats hiss, and it took a few weeks for it to sink into Hannah's head.  Although the sinking in of Kai's claws may have done some convincing too :/

In the beginning, we were trying to get Kai to "play", so we broke out the laser pointer.  And she wasn't amused...but we were :)