Our Cat Smokie...

This is our cat Smokie, Smokie Joe or old Smokie,
which ever you feel like calling him!

He is probably Bella's favorite toy to play with, even when he really doesn't want to be played with. He lets her just lay down right on top of him and rock back and forth on him. When she was even smaller she would try to ride him like a horse.

Ben got him for me for an anniversary gift, I really wanted to get a kitten and so Ben took me to pick him out. We got him from a home that rescued strays, his mom was a stray and ended up having him after she was rescued. We have had Smokie for almost eight years now and just love him so much. He was such a small kitten when we got him and now he weighs well over twenty pounds. He was sorta like Clifford the big red dog, only dialed down a bit...
We think he has more of a personality like dog, he comes when he's called, only drinks out of the sink(like dogs do out of toilets), can open any door by jumping up and pulling down the handle, likes to do back flips, thinks you need to get out of his way verses him getting out of yours and when he gets upset his tail will flop back and forth till you get the hint.

I am so grateful for our cat smokie, he has been such a great member of this family. He is so good with all the kids and tolerates almost everything they do to him. I have to say that he is definitely the best cat around, hands down!