A friendship is forming!

While Josie really wants to be friends with Wylie and Sophie, the cats just aren't sure what to think of her yet. And just when we think we're making progress and the cats start to approach Josie, she'll jump up to go see them, which, in turn, sends the kitties flying up the stairs. There have been times where all it took was Josie looking at Sophie to elicit a hiss from her. Or Josie will just be laying peacefully, and Wylie will assume something is wrong, arch his back and go running away. All of this avoidance just causes Josie to cry... she just wants to be their friend! But we made progress yesterday. Josie stayed calm around the cats, and at one point, Sophie sniffed Josie's tail while Josie was still awake!
Nolan stayed home today because of a cold, and decided to let Josie on the bed (we're pretty sure her former owner always let her on the bed because of how quickly she gets comfortable and falls asleep up there). Wylie must have decided that the bed made Josie safer, and actually approached her confidently. Nolan later texted me that Wylie was batting at Josie's tail, then her paw, and finally they sniffed each other's noses! Then he sent me this picture. Oh how happy this makes me!
We'd been warned that it could take six months to a year for the cats to accept Josie. I love how quickly they're progressing!