well after another day of dd sobbing yesterday and saying she just wanted a cat in our house, i asked dh if we could use our Christmas money and get a cat now rather then at the end of jan, shes not slept properly in ages and it was taking its toll on all of us and shes just so sad. He agreed to go look and see what cats were avalible but he said he'd prefer a cat to a kitten, which i was happy with as i know kittens are easier to re home anyway. Set of this morning and felt sick in the car, wanted to tell him it was to soon and i couldnt do it but dd was so excited and she'd slept last night so thought we'd go have a look.
At the rescue had a chat with the staff about what had happened to Barney and what we were looking for, and went to see the cats. Bella was the first cat we went to see and she just walked straight up to me and dd and rubbed round our legs purring, think if she could she'd have jumped in my arms going please take me home i'll be so good she would have. She was so lovely she melted my heart, but we went to see the other cats including a beautiful kitten and then had a chat with dh. We went back to see another cat as i was torn between the two but the other cat seemed nervous of dd, and after what she'd been through i wanted a cat that would cope with her. Went back to see Bella and she was so lovely, dd didnt even want to leave her while we sorted the paperwork.
They warned us she might be shy and quiet when we let her out but shes currently curled up on my husbands knee sleeping, shes such a sweetie, shes tiny compared to barney but has the loudest purr ever, shes not stopped since she got here, i think we're all going to be very happy together