izzie

We got two fish for Christmas. Michael loved them so much that he went out and bought a 37 gallon fish tank for our house. Over the next couple of weeks the girls spent a lot of time in the pet store and always wanted to pet the cats. 

Then one day, out of the blue, I get an email from Michael saying he's gone soft and wants to get the girls a cat. That's not really what it said, but you get the idea. I was shocked. Neither one of us have wanted a pet because of the responsibility that comes with it. And Michael usually gets red, blotchy and itchy when around cats. We talked about it and agreed that if we could find one that didn't cause him to break out in hives we would get the girls a cat. A lot less responsibility than a dog.

Last weekend we went to the Humane Society to check it out. This was the first kitty Michael saw and he held her for 30 minutes. No watery eyes or sneezing. I had my eye on a couple others, but I didn't want to tempt fate. She was our kitty.

She had to be spayed so she couldn't come home with us that day. For two days we talked about names for our sweet kitty. We narrowed it down to Livi (short for Olivia, Morgan's favorite) and Tink (short for Tinkerbell, Addison's favorite). Michael picked her up Tuesday after work and while I was out bowling with my work peeps that night the girls decided on her name. I'm sure Michael had some say since they picked neither of those name, but since they both agreed on Izzie, Izzie it was.

We didn't see her much on Wednesday. After searching every inch of the house about five times and not finding her I was convinced she got out. She finally came out that night for food and I still don't know where her secret hiding place is. She's coming around and last night she was out walking around and even playing with the girls. 

Her favorite spots to hide are under the TV stand and the couches which means she's tracked every single piece of dust all over my floor. Good thing the cleaning lady is coming today. I hope by the end of the weekend she is more comfortable with us because the girls are dying to really hold her.