Pawlie (cattery name Aiden) meets his new family, the Malandrinos of Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

Photograph © Stacey Chase.

Pawlie (cattery name Aiden, bottom) and his new brother Melon — who was an abandoned barn kitten — are the best of companions. Both were adopted by the Malandrino family of Hillsborough, New Hampshire.

Photograph courtesy of Becki Malandrino.

"How am I supposed to get up and go to work?" jokes cat mom Sonia Damon of Saco, Maine, as new kitten Jasmine (cattery name Anastasia) purrs into her ear.

Photograph courtesy of Sonia Damon.

Jasmine (cattery name Anastasia) strikes a pretty pose with a ball of yarn at the new home she shares with cat mom Sonia Damon of Saco, Maine.

Photograph courtesy of Sonia Damon.

Sasha (cattery name Acadia) happily nestles in the lap of Zoey, the granddaughter of new cat mom Linda M. of Bridgton, Maine.

Photograph courtesy of Linda M.

Cat mom Linda M. gets a helping paw from new kitten Sasha (cattery name Acadia) while painting a room at her home in Bridgton, Maine.

Photograph courtesy of Linda M.

Atticus (who kept his cattery name) cat naps in his favorite chair at the home of his new family, the Marvins of Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Photograph courtesy of the Marvin family.

Folding clothes is difficult for the Marvin family of Brookfield, Massachusetts, since they adopted their new kitten Atticus (who kept his cattery name).

Photograph courtesy of the Marvin family.

Nick M. of Bellingham, Massachusetts, meets his new kitten Abruzzi (who kept his cattery name) at a Maine State Visitor Information Center.

Photograph © Stacey Chase.

Abruzzi (who kept his cattery name) sacks out, belly up, on the couch at the home of his new cat dad, Nick M. of Bellingham, Massachusetts.

Photograph courtesy of Nick M.

Cat dad Carl Furman of Westport, Massachusetts, holds new kitten Adelaide (who kept her cattery name) tightly in his arms.

Photograph © Stacey Chase.

Adelaide (who kept her cattery name) looks up from play at the home of her new pet parents, Carl and Alicia Furman of Westport, Massachusetts.

Photograph courtesy of Alicia Furman.