Baby Boys
DH and I recently got married, and I decided that one of the first things we would do as a couple would be to get a cat. When I was staying with my parents before the wedding, their sweet dog Caesar kept me company when I was alone at night. I realized I really missed having a pet.
I love dogs, but there is no way we could keep a dog at our apartment with our schedules, so we decided to get a cat. After talking with a friend from the Craigslist boards who works with animal rescue, we decided to adopt a cat from Kitten Rescue in Los Angeles.
We went to PetCo, where Kitten Rescue holds adoptions every Saturday, and I fell in love with a lilac point Siamese boy kitten who was thirteen weeks old and very affectionate. Their foster mom said that she would not give us just one, that her kittens needed to be with at least one friend, so we adopted his brother also, a gray tiger Maine Coon.
These kittens could not be more different, but they are twins. Their mother was a feral Siamese beauty, and they were born in the back seat of an abandoned Jaguar. They are very well socialized, though, and while the tiger is very shy, they seem to be getting along pretty well in our apartment.
I'm really looking forward to raising these kittens. I know it sounds silly, but I think it will be good for DH and I as a couple to get used to taking care of living things other than ourselves.
posted by jancola @ 10:08 AM
3 Comments:
Having a pet is really good preparation for child rearing, I think. And it's definitely great for a relationship.
My fiancee and I have been engaged a long time (we recently set our wedding date for next June), and for a while, I wondered if I'd be able to be a parent, but after we adopted our boys in November 2004, we really started to feel like a family.
Congratulations on setting your date! We just got through all of that ourselves -- you can tell your fiancee that blogging about that process is really fun too... see my other blog.
Raising a pet may not prepare you for all the craziness of raising a child, but it definately gets you thinking about responsibility in a new way. And it is always a good sign for a relationship if you see you SO taking good care of a pet -- it shows you the soft side of their heart.
Congrads on the fur-babies. Avram and I have found it to be an interesting challenge with never a dull moment.
I look forward to hearing about your adventures in cat parenting.
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