Wow I haven’t blogged since last Friday! I can’t believe a week has passed already… Pounce and Axel are slowly adjusting to each other. We still can’t leave them alone for any extended period of time and they fight occasionally when we are around, but overall they are starting to play with each other and tolerate each other. Of course Pounce has to make sure that he is the boss and I think they fought that out, but Pounce still feels the need to reinforce his status. The funny thing is that Axel will probably eventually get bigger than Pounce, so we keep telling Pounce to watch out:) I have been trying to get pictures of Pounce and Axel together or even just separate, but neither of them are big on having their picture taken. So as soon as I can convince them or bribe them, I will post some pics.

Other than watching and playing with the two cats, I have been working a bunch and trying to get school and other assorted stuff done. My family came down for a short visit this week (it was spring break, so Sari was able to come too). We just hung out and I showed them where I work. (I tried to convince them to adopt a doggie from work, but they just weren’t going for it…. Isn’t Reese so cute though! – all 95 pounds of her:)

Last weekend Ben & I got new cellphones and celebrated our one-year anniversary (I can’t believe it has been a year already, I’m loving every day of it Ben!) We also found the local bakery which we have been searching for since we moved here. It was a fairly busy weekend, so hopefully we will be able to relax a little this weekend.

If anyone wants my new cellphone number, call my old cellphone (which will still work for another couple weeks) or call me at home. I would love to talk:)

I am being totally spoiled today. When one cat doesn’t want to cuddle, I just go into the other room and the other cat will cuddle. It is pretty cute, they are both purring a ton and just soaking up attention. Of course that means that I am not getting much done today, but I think it is worth it.

We got a second kitty today! His name is Axel, he is 7 months old, and he is a short-haired brown tabby. As much as two brown tabbies can look different, he and Pounce are about as different looking as they come. Pounce has really defined stripes that only become more defined the bigger and older he gets. Axel on the other hand does not have much in the way of stripes, he is more blended.

The two of them have not yet met. We are doing the introductions slowly so as to make sure they are more likely to get along. Although, they have been sitting on opposite sides of the door we have them separated by almost all night. They have been sniffing quite a bit and even meowing back and forth a little. Hopefully introducing them will go smoothly… If anyone has any tips that we should know, either leave me a comment or email me. I would also love to hear any stories anyone has about introducing two cats.

Axel is of course from the shelter where I work. He caught my eye awhile back and everytime I walked past his cage I had to stop and say hi. At the shelter, his name was not Axel, but we felt it necessary to change his name when we brought him home. His former name was just ridiculous…. This means that he doesn’t know his name yet, but we will be working on that. Of course being a kitten still, he is fairly playful and energetic (which is good since he has to keep up with Pounce). He is a little on the skittish side, although that could just be from being in a new environment and not being sure about what exactly is happening. He also does not seem to be as cuddly as Pounce, but that is good since there are only so many laps to go around and Pounce might get jealous if he was. I think it should definitely be fun to have the two of them together (hopefully they will get along…:).

Blog entries this weekend may be lacking, since a lot of our time will be taken up by the two kittys. It is also our anniversary this weekend! We have made it through a year of marriage (well I guess I can’t say that until Sunday), which is pretty cool. I’m loving every day of it:) Have a great weekend everyone!!!