Today marks one year since I brought home the ever-adorable Winifred (more commonly known around our house as “Freddie”), who was flown all the way from Houston, Texas, to Newark, N.J., by Amy Sisson, and ferried home from Newark to New York City by the steadfast Glenn Hauman. (Read the original blog post here.)

This was the wee kitten then:

This is the happy beastie today:

Kara and I remain grateful to our friends Amy and Glenn for making possible our adoption of this beautiful (if occasionally vexing) creature. Here’s hoping for many, many more years of feline companionship with the Freddie-Cat.