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We decided that we needed an addition to our family, so we decided to get a cat. No, we're not allowed to have a cat here in Aggie Village (hence the password), but we did it anyway. Tuesday morning we went to Petsmart and Anna fell in love with one of their shelter cats. So we contacted 4 Paws and later that afternoon we went back to get "Tigger Wolf," as he was named.

Here you see his paw coming out of the box as we shop for the necessary cat accoutrements.

Because we're not allowed to have cats here, we had to sneak Shurik in after dark. The problem is that it doesn't get dark here until 9pm. So we hung out at our friends Melissa and John's house until the coast was clear.

Finally we got Shurik home and he was tired after a big day, so he chilled in his box mostly. Here you can start to see his beautiful markings. His eyes, too, are wonderful - they're almost a mint green color.
The resting didn't last too long. Shurik loves to play constantly. He also loves to jump. Here he leaps for our feather toy.

Though we got him his own little bed, Shurik has chosen his favorite resting spot: Jordy's chair. It's not fair, because Jordy can't fit in the little bed. But, hey, we know who's boss - Shurik.

The following morning, Shurik discovered fish.

And, boy, was he interested. He walks around the tank on that little wood border. He's finally figured out how to leverage himself up onto the top of the tank, but we're trying to train him away from that.

He also found another resting spot - in the closet, on our luggage, behind the guitars. Just enough room in there for one kitten.

Here Shurik bonds with Jordy.

Anna and Shurik get to know each other. "What a nice birthday gift," Anna says.

We're bound to have a lot more Shurik pictures, but we just wanted to get these up as quickly as possible!