Herkimer Diamond

So the kids have been pining for a cat for the past three years.
Benjamin's birth sidetracked them a bit, but since he's old news now, in the past year they've re-focused on their lack of cat. 
While the four kids pound the tar out of each other playing legos or sitting next to each other or breathing the same air; somehow they contrived to have long, cogent discussions about the cat they were going to get someday.  This escalated recently to praying for the cat and even naming the cat. 
Yes - that's right.
The cat we didn't have was already named.
Just so you get an idea of where this story is going...
Nate had the idea of naming her (because it was a girl, obviously) "Jewel".  They took "Jewel" and ran with it, but nothing stuck.  Ruby, Eme (Emerald), Amy (Amethyst), Opal, Turquoise...none of them were right.   Then they got it.
Herkimer Diamond Watson. 
Oy-freaking-vey. 

They were scheming enough that we had set the cat-acquisition date to some time this winter.  Jim and I liked having cats, but weren't missing the litter, extra cleaning, cat food or money spent on vet bills.

When a scrawny white cat showed up under Jim's car last Tuesday morning, I didn't think much of it.   There are feral cats around here.  When the cat migrated two doors down and started playing with the kids, I started to take notice.  She followed them like a puppy and when the kids tried to pet her, this cat rolled over on her back, loving the attention. 
Hmmm....
....Can you see where this is going now?
Then the neighbor boy said to us, "Have you met the new cat? Her name is Diamond!!"

Seriously. 
I can't make this stuff up.

So...a vet visit, a litter box, a cat carrier and some kitten chow later....we are the proud owners of a darling  kitten.  She is about 9 months old and grossly underweight ( only 4.8 pounds).  She has a few broken teeth,  an abscess on her face and is too skinny to brush.  She is having her kitty hysterectomy and being chipped later this week. 
And she is all ours.

...Yep...you knew it was coming...

...Meet Herkimer Diamond Watson.