Meet the newest member of the Hager family.......Mocha!  

We weren't exactly looking hard for a kitten, but Joshua has been begging for one for almost a year now.  In fact one day he and his friends from down the street came up with a list of possible names based on what color and gender the kitten would be!  After visiting Cran Hill this summer and seeing how the boys enjoyed the kittens there I thought maybe this would be a good time to get one.  I looked briefly on Craigslist and found a white kitten with blue eyes listed.  I never had a cat with blue eyes so I wanted to see it.  Off we went one night to go take a look at her.  Upon our arrival the lady who was giving the kitten away walked right up to our car and said, "I'm colorblind, my daughter just told me it's eyes were green, not blue."  Ah.....yea....not what I was looking for.  Of course the boys saw the kitten and wanted to get out of the car immediately so we did.  The white kitten's personality was great, but she just wasn't very pretty.  Sensing our disappointment the lady offered us the option of seeing a tortoise shell (tortie) kitten.  As soon as we saw her Joshua and Cory had decided she was the one.  These kittens had been born in this family's barn and the mama cat had disappeared right after having them so the lady had to bottle feed 4 little girl kittens (2 white and 2 born black who turned out to be torties).  Not only were they hand fed, but loved on and handled by the families 4 children.  It doesn't get better than that when looking for a kitten that needs to get along with young children!  We took her to her new home that night!  The boys were beyond excited with the new little fluff ball.  She weighed all of 2 pounds and was 9 weeks when we got her.  She is VERY social and doesn't mind be loved on and man-handled by the boys. 

Welcome to your new home kitty!

Oops, we forgot to tell you about the big furry orange monster cat that already lives with us!  Needless to say Mocha was a tad bit scared of Logan at first (notice how fierce she looks in the picture), but by the end of the night they were already getting along.

Can you tell the boys are in love with our new kitten and can't get enough of her?!?!