It’s official! Little Smudge is the newest casa az resident.

Which I don’t think will come as a surprise to most of you. Really the hardest decision was not keeping the orange boy too. He was my original choice when I first saw the kittens a couple of days after they were born, but in the end Smudge won my heart just by being herself.

Last night was the first time Smudge didn’t sleep with her mother and siblings – she was in the big bed with the Big Cat. And it was lovely. She happily slept on my pillow, snuggled up against my head (remind you of someone?) though she did wake up and want to play around 4 am. And this morning I spotted her sitting next to Azar on the bedside thingy. They look good together, don’t they? Born on the same day, 18 years apart.

Now I just have to decide if Smudge is her milk name or if it’s the one she’ll keep from now on.