Dammit

On Thursday morning dad opened the garage door as we keep Dammit (our new kitten) still in there for the night and when we go away for a while so she/he is protected. Dammit was just as energetic as ever. When it was time for us to leave for several hours, we were calling her name (it is fun to go around the yard yelling DAMMIT!), she didn't return. Typical for the day time so we put some extra water out, closed the garage door and were off. When we came home later that day, we went around calling for her again and much to our dismay, she didn't turn up. Friday we didn't see her either so we are pretty sure one of two things happened. One, a hawk got her (living in the country and her still being small that could happen) or two, a car on the road saw a kitten without a collar (we never put collars on our cats), opened the door and she climbed in, having the people think that they were rescuing the poor little animal. 
I'm hoping someone thought they were doing good and 'rescued' her (even though she didn't need rescuing), but either way, you will be missed. 

New Kitten

Last week mom came home from work and said a co-worker's cats had kittens and was wondering if we wanted one. Of course we did! Who doesn't want a little energetic ball of fur with it's tail sticking up?! So Monday came and we waited for our mom to call us to let us know that the kitten had arrived. We got the call from mom that the kitten was in her office and she had to entertain it for a while. 30 minutes later we got to her office and saw the cute kitten in the carrying cage, ready to be brought to it's new home. 
At home, I brought the cage with kitten inside to the back yard, sat down and opened the door for him/her to crawl out (we still aren't sure if it is a male or female kitten). It was the kitten's first experience with grass, and it was hysterical! With every step it took, it lifted it's paws up really high to avoid the grass. Soon it was frolicking about and playing with a stick and leaves on the end. 

 Now the only problem was coming up with a name. As you can see, it's an all black cat. And being the nerds that we are, we thought Darth Vader would be adorable. Sadly when mom came home she said no. Right away the cat went to her feet as she sat down and wanted to play. That is when she came up with it's name. 'Dammit'. 

Now Dammit is crawling around and investigating things like crazy. Dammit likes to crawl up trees and pant legs. Will purr very loudly, and if placed on someone's shoulder while walking around, will stay there peacefully. You can't get much cuter than that!

After shopping today we took Dammit out again and decided to rename him/her to Little Bear. (Hopefully that is the last name change)