Introducing......

Otis! Here's the story, we weren't really planning on getting a kitten. We had talked it over and over and decided that it just wouldn't be a good idea, given my allergies to get ANOTHER cat. Well, we went out on Father's day to get his Dad a gift card to Petsmart (we're slackers...waiting till the last minute!) and we were actually glancing at materials needed and the cost to get a lizard because we think they are pretty cool. Well, after looking at everything, we knew what we would need to save (upwards of $200 to get started) and we started to head out the door. Well...everytime I go to Petsmart, I have to "say goodbye" to the kitties (okay, go ahead...chuckle) so I told Erich just to come with me....he sighed...

Well...this is when we met Cheeto. He was a snuggler and he just loved us. I was googling over him, and I looked up at Erich and he had this smile on his face... and he said "We can get him!" This is about when I started jumping up and down saying "Really!?!? Are you SERIOUS!??!" And he was....so, we adopted Cheeto.

We got Cheeto home and decided we didn't like his name. So, he was nameless for a while. We observed him and realized that he has huge paws and he is very clutzy. Erich said... that he reminded him of an Otis....and so became his name...Otis. (Also, he has these very cool orange o-shaped marks on his sides :)

So, here is a little bit about Otis...he is 7 months old and was a stray picked up in a not so great neighborhood. Right now, he's a little sick. It is very common for kitties who have had an extended stay at the Humane Society to get a respiratory infection, he has been on anti-biotics and we hope he gets better soon so we can work on getting Libby and Otis used to each other because his "cold" is contagious to other cats and we do not want two sick kitties :) So, for now he has been hanging out in our bathroom some days and our bedroom others.

So how is Libby responding? Not so hot. I am hoping though with time she will come around. We looked into many sources about how to introduce cats and we are following them quite religiously. So, we hope they become life long buddies.


So...here are the pictures!