Dexter

We got a Cat!!!  I know, a totally crazy thing to do!  So, let me tell the story.  We left our dog, Nena, behind in the US when we moved here.  It has been really hard to not have her here.  We have really missed having a pet.  We have talked about ways of trying to bring Nena here, but honestly, I have never felt good about trying to bring her over.  Ever since we knew we would be moving to Denmark, I have always felt very uneasy about flying Nena over here.  So, we decided that just wasn't the best option.  And we never even considered getting a pet while we were here.  Well, in August, I received an email from Chad one day while he was at work.  It was a picture of 3 cute kittens.  One of his co-workers cat's had kittens and to my surprise, Chad was considering us getting one.  Over the next several days, we talked about it and finally decided to drive out to her house to take a look at the kittens.  Of course, they were super cute and the kids were so excited to play with them.  But we really didn't know if it was a good decision to get one.  After debating back and forth, once again, to my surprise, it was Chad who made the decision that we should get one of the kittens.  Denmark is so dark and gloomy in the winter and the rational is that the cat would help cheer us up.  =)  So, we decided to not tell the kids and several weeks later, Chad picked up the kitten while the kids were at school and we surprised them when they came home.  They were in disbelief.  It was so fun to see how excited they were.  After several days, we finally settled on the name Dexter for our cute black and white kitten.  And he quickly stole our hearts.  He is a very sweet kitten, likes to cuddle and purr and rub against us.  Follows us around, is great with the kids and has certainly lit up the house.  We don't know what will happen when we move back to the US.  I imagine, we'll try to take him with us, but we aren't sure.  But, for the next year+, we'll enjoy our little ball of fur.

 Lexi thought he needed a blanket and some music from her music box.

 He hid under the couch a lot on the first day.  After that, he discovered that he liked us. =)

 He loves to crawl into bags and under blankets.

He really likes hair.