For Lydia's 5th birthday I knew I wanted to get her a kitty. We had finally moved into our first house in March so it worked out perfectly! Yes, I'm allergic, but I loved kitties growing up and I wanted Lydia to be able to have one of her own.
I found this kitty through a friend and they didn't have any girls.. only 2 boys. Lydia was VERY adamant about wanting a girl cat so we just told her it was a girl (even though it was a boy).
SO now we have a boy cat named Penelope AKA Penny :) She was 8 weeks old when we got her!