Had our previous cat of 15 years put down (liver failure); wife was heartbroken. Said she'd eventually might want another cat, but wanted to wait 6-8 months. Two weeks later we came home with a pair of kittens, Russian Blue mixed:
They pretty much named themselves: Fat Boy (small body with a really big head) and Squeaky (first month or so he tried to meow it came out more like "eek").
We just celebrated their 10th birthday, both fat and happy:
BTW, Fat Boy is ~13 lbs. and Squeaky is pushing 19 lbs.