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History: I've known Mom since the day I was born. You see, my feline Mom who gave birth to me had been trapped by a human (who would later turn out to be my Uncle Richie). Anyway, within days of her arrival at the shelter she gave birth to six adorable furbabies (the cutest one of which was me).

Here we are as kittens. Can you tell which one I am? Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photo. Can't figure it out? I'm all the way in the back and my sister Rachael is just to my right.

As time passed four of us got homes. My sister Rachael and I got left behind. Mom could never figure this out. I heard her tell my Uncle Richie who was a director at the shelter, that she just couldn't understand why, since Rachael and I were the cutest of the whole litter. When we were about six months old, Mom took us over to the local Animal Birth Control Center for our surgeries. When she filled out the paperwork, they asked for names. Being that she was a "Friends" fan, and I think she'd watched the show just the night before, Ross and Rachael was the first thing that came to her mind, so finally, we had a names. We were important, we were somebody.

Later on that day she came to pick us up. That's when we worked our magic on her. When she picked us up, we cried and looked right into her eyes. While it is true that we were so happy to see her, we did lay it on a little thick. She said something like. "Oh look, they recognize me!" We knew then that we had her. Sure enough, within days, she took us into her home, and she was ours.

Special Skills: My special skill is wrestling. Also, my size alone allows me to just sit on top of my brothers and sisters and they'll move out of the my way, so I get to lay down wherever I want to. They don't even get mad at me. Mom never gets mad at me either cause I can talk myself out of any bad situation. I always make her laugh in the end.

Intelligence Level: I'm street smart and know my way around any situation. I inherited this from my feline Mom.

Physical Attributes: Mom says it's my unusual mocha coloring, but I'd say it's my beautiful belly.

Personality: Mom thought I should say a bit about my social skills, because believe or not, I can be very shy at times. I'm very comfortable with everyone at home and with my Auntie Jen, my Auntie Carolina, and my Uncle Richie. If someone I don't know comes into the house I hide behind the couch until they leave. I think I inherited this from my feral feline Mom.

Speaking of my Uncle Richie, here he is with Mom last New Years Day 2001. We love him because he's a good guy who loves all of us, but he's no threat to us, cause he and our Mom are just good friends. If you look closely in this photo, you'll see my sister Rachael's butt just to the left of Mom.

Here is a photo of me (I'm on the left) with my sister Rachael at 6 months old, right after we'd come to live with Mom. You can tell how shy we were then, even in our home.

Another shot of me when I was a youngster

Not my favorite photo, I think I look fat in this one...but it shows my gorgeous green eyes, so I let Mom include it.

Here's a couple of good belly shots. Just starting to develop in the photo at left. Perfectly glorious in the photo at right.

Here I am trying out my big brother Whiskey's dog bed for size. I'm not quite full grown yet.

Shown at left opening one of my Christmas presents last year Christmas 2001.

One of Mom's favorite photos for it's sentimental value. Mom had tried to cover the window to shade the late afternoon sun. My late brother Gem was wanting to look outside, so with a collaborated effort, we managed to fix things. Shelby and I were all tired out from helping our brother Gem who takes in the view.