All My Kittehs

I figured that with the expansion of my cat family, it's time to give a quick recap of the players.

Cosmo
You know and love her, she's the orange terror that used to be known for wanting to bite off your nuts if she didn't like you. After Luna, she mellowed out quite a bit, and seemed to get more and more playful. She is the queen, after all, and at nearly 11 years, is more than twice as old as her new sister. I've referred to her as my furry bastard, fuzzypants, furry whore, etc., and I just love her to death. My biggest fear is that she'd get all mean again with the new cats, but so far she's been pretty cool about them, and even secretly likes Oliver I think.

Emma
She's about the age that Luna would have been, around five, and despite all that fur, is actually pretty thin under it all. Talk about the queen bitch, I never really cared for her much for most of the time Diana and I were dating pre-move-in. She'd hiss at the boys and constantly bitch and moan until she was let out. She'd start fights with the neighborhood cats (or maybe dogs) too. However, since arriving here, she's been pretty mellow, hasn't tried to take over the pride, and ends up on my lap more that I expected. She does some single white female things to imitate Cosmo, but as long as she doesn't show up orange one day, I think it's just coincidence.

Gideon
Giddy kitty is around two or so, and had a tough go of it at first due to problems in his digestive tract. When Diana's neighbor was being murdered, he sensed it and freaked out. Maybe that's why he's seems so nervous all of the time. He's not adjusting to the move as well as the others, but I think part of it is that he just wants some alone time with his mom, and there's too much moving and other kitties in the way. He's a real porker too, around 17 pounds. I think he'll be OK, but he doesn't always trust me.

Oliver
The baby of the family, he's barely a year old. He's really filled out since I first met him, when he was this scrawny little runt. He's still kind of clumsy, and still has crazy eyes, and he's got the most energy of any cat I've ever seen. He's also a cuddle monkey and attention whore. He loves everyone. Oliver has taken a real liking to Cosmo, who surprisingly reciprocates the play time with chases and pawing through door cracks. He's so damn irresistible because he has so much personality.

So that's my new extended family. It has only been a couple of days, but they all seem to be doing well in their new surroundings. Cosmo still seems to feel like she's in charge, or she's just so indifferent that the other cats don't matter. She's the one I was most worried about because she's generally had her run of the place since March.