Little Miki

Here's the new baby -- we've named her Miki (I think) -- Japanese for beautiful story, and Emily says it's also a popular girl's name. (It's not Mickey, like the mouse, but me ke...long e sounds). It was hard to get photos because she moves so fast -- very playful.

We went up to Lancaster yesterday to get her from Jackie, the woman who has been fostering her. Lancaster is a pretty old town -- we'd like to go back and spend more time there. On the way we stopped by the Iron Hill Brewery and picked up a few specialty beers for Doug and Rob.

Miki spent about half the ride home in Emily's lap, then came up to our spare bedroom upstairs. She hid in a corner of the closet, of course, and at one point I got worried and fed her some water through a dropper. But, within only a few hours she was out and about, investigating everything, playing with toys, eating, drinking, using her box. She's so cute! She runs to us when we walk in, but isn't into lap time yet - -too much to explore.

We brought Neko to the other side of the door to meet her -- he didn't pick up on her scent at all, and only noticed when her paws came under the door to play. Neko hissed and ran to the basement. So, I guess the introduction to the other animals might take a while. Jerry, with all his olfactory abilities, has not even noticed...amazing.