Meet little Miss Annabelle

I felt this would be a good time to introduce my first baby to the blog world. About a year and a half ago, I got this little girl:

Annabelle

(Also answers to Munchkin, Annamunch, Munch, Munchers, Chunkers… you get the point).

I got her when she was a little less than a year old.

My mom and I were going through a beta fish phase where at one point, we each owned about 4. No joke.

(Going on a tangent now, feel free to skip: I don’t know why more people don’t have beta fish. They cost all of about a dollar, require little to no attention, are super pretty and playful and live in about a cup of water at a pet store were you not to adopt them. If not for just the last reason alone, you should get one right now! Go! Don’t be heartless.)

OK I’m back. So my mom and I were going to buy yet another beta fish and we saw that there were pet adoptions at Petsmart. We obviously went to go see who was there. This isn’t that abnormal for us. I don’t think there has ever been a pet adoption that I haven’t gone to check out. Somehow on the walk over, I had talked myself in to the fact that I wanted a white kitten. Well Annabelle or Gizmo as she was at the time, ick (no offense), was the closest they had. I picked her up and she looked me right in the eyes and hissed. Love. I wanted a sassy friend and she seemed perfect! However, if you know my Dad, you know that just ‘picking up a pet on a whim’ is not really his favorite idea. So, my mom and I left her at the store and went home to discuss it with him first (and my roommates- yes, roommates. I was not living at home). After a looooooong lunch full of ‘responsibility talk', my mom and I decided we had heard enough (and clearly took it all to heart J haha) and headed straight back to adopt her. I was SO excited to have my first pet.

Actually, I guess Penny (my black and white little puppy) was my first pet.

Seriously. Cutest dog ever, am I right??

But, seeing as she lives at my parents house and probably will never leave, I’m not going to completely count her.

After all the paperwork was done and we had purchased about 1 of everything Petsmart had to sell…

I just love her little pink bed :)

We brought her home to a shocked Dad (well maybe not that shocked). Look at this picture-

this is from the first night- he clearly softened up quickly J He’s a big animal lover.

Okay, now for some reasons that I love Annabelle, and you should too:

She loves shoving herself into tiny, tiny places. On a weekly basis, I’ll find her hanging out inside my purse. She weighs all of about 4 pounds and fits in everything. Also on that note, you can often find her under the bottom cabinets in my kitchen, trying to dig her way up into them?? (She has no claws… not that that’s the weird part).

She kisses a LOT. If you stick your nose in front of her face, she’ll give you a kiss. She’s a big cuddler too. She’s always laying in my lap, licking me. I might also note that being licked by a cat is about equivalent to being rubbed by sandpaper. Super fun.

To steal a Jersey Shore term (yes, I went there), Annabelle is the REAL ‘sweetest bitch you’ll ever meet’. See #2 for the ‘sweet’ part. But don’t let that cute little face fool you… if you try to brush her, cut her nails, or really do anything that isn’t her idea, she will bite you so hard and make the strangest noise. Sidenote: If you’re ever in the need for a good laugh, ask me to see her pedicure video.

She LOVES chicken, jelly and crackers. This isn’t even a joke. If I open a jelly jar, she’ll come sprinting!! I tried to feed her salmon, tuna, shrimp, you know… typical cat favorites and she was not at all interested. Now if there’s some chicken on my plate, she will try to nab it.

She is a little, miniature silk ball.

She has the MOST adorable little behind. See? No tail… well I guess technically, she has a nub… and she wags it as hard as she can, all the time

This might not be that unique- but when she gets herself all excited, she RUNS and RUNS as fast as she can and slides across the ground, then sprints back and does that back and forth until the energy burns off.

Last but not least, she has the most beautiful blue eyes.

If you couldn’t tell- getting Annabelle was about the BEST idea I’ve had. I love my little munchkin.