Lulu

In November, we got a cat, Lulu.
It turns out, Nick had been wanting a cat for quite a while. He wanted a lap animal, and doesn't like dogs that are that small. I wasn't really on board to get a cat, until I discovered proof of a mouse living behind my glove box. Then, Nick let me know he saw a mouse in the house. At that point, I was all for getting a cat.
So we went to PetSmart and checked out the adoption pets. We saw an orange female tabby, almost a year old, that we liked. We wanted to check out the Humane Society before committing, and headed over there. Took a look around, decided we wanted the orange tabby, and headed back to PetSmart. We filled out some papers, handed over a check, and brought home Lulu.
Lulu's backstory is that she was found abandoned in a car, with kittens. The poor kitty had kittens before she was a year old. I loved the backstory, because it went with my romanticized image of Lulu being my minute lioness. So I had images of Lulu hunting all the mice out of the house. She is a beautiful cat, and she seems to be good at catching mice. However, I don't think she's sealed any of their fates yet. All the mice have escaped.
Here's a few pictures of Lulu.

Such a pretty kitty.

Yep, she likes fish. Good thing the fish aren't there anymore.

She chased the mouse onto the top of the scratching post, and then chased it around the room. The mouse ended up escaping down one of the heating ducts. (They're pretty wide since its a old house.)
Another thing about Lulu. It was about a week before we actually saw her, and then in took another week before we could pet her. She's very noisy and likes to meow. She still doesn't acknowledge her name, however she is finally starting to warm up to us. And, she'll make appearances if we have guests over.