Kitties on the Way!

Right before poor little Guliko got sick last spring, the girlfriend and I had begun to talk about eventually adopting a second cat, both because it would be nice for Guliko to have a friend and because I wanted to have a cat of my own.  Guliko was clearly the girlfriend's cat.  We discussed it for a long time, because Guliko was a very cautious kitty and we were not sure how she would handle having another cat in her space.  The girlfriend, in particular, was worried that the new cat would bully or terrorize Guliko, which would be unacceptable.
Well, then Guliko got sick and then she passed away and we knew that we wouldn't be getting a new cat for a while, and shortly after that we knew we were moving somewhere, which was another good reason for not getting a cat, at least until we got somewhere and got settled.  Even Guliko, who loved riding in the car, would have hated a 5-day trip.
We did, however, know that we would eventually get another cat.  We both wanted to, we just wanted it to be the right time.
The first week we were at the girlfriend's friends' house, they told us that they had a friend who was fostering some new kittens for the Northern California Feline Rescue.  They already had one cat, but they were thinking about getting her a friend.  They asked us if we wanted to go along and meet the kittens.  We said yes, of course!
Which is how we ended up falling in love with two baby kitties, even before we had a place to live or money to pay for them.  They are:

 

 Little Florian

Maeby

Aren't they the cutest?  They were 6 weeks old on Wednesday.  They have to be 8 weeks old and over 2 lbs so that they can be spayed/neutered before they come home with  us, so we have a  little time left before they will be here.  Hopefully, one of us will have a job before then, also, because we do have to pay for them and they're going to need food and kitty litter.  They will have had all of their shots and all that before they come.

We're really, really excited!  Maeby (named after the Arrested Development character) is the runt of the litter and also a little explorer--she was climbing all over the last time we saw her.  Florian (because it had to be Florian!) is a little more of a cuddly lap-sitter.  They should be awesome.  We get to go see them again tomorrow.  The Feline Rescue people encourage adoptive parents to come visit a few times before it's time to take them home so they're not going home with complete strangers.

The girlfriend is a little nervous because with kittens you never really know what their personalities are going to be like when they're grown up, but I think that's what's cool about it.  We get to raise these cuddly balls of fluff up into grown-up cats, so we get to see them develop into adults and socialize them and (hopefully!) not spoil them too much.  I recognize that they're probably going to be INSANE for a while, especially once they're big enough to climb all over everything, but I think it's going to be fun.