Saturday, August 20, 2011

a little boy's best friend

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The little white kitty we brought home last week is now eight weeks old, and we renamed him Charlie. Well, according to Aaron, his full name is "Charles Xavier," like in X-MEN. Yes, my husband's a bit of a geek. I've just been calling him Charlie, though.
He and Elliot are getting along fabulously. They're like two peas in a pod. They do EVERYTHING together! Anywhere Elliot goes, Charlie is right behind him. If Elliot cries, Charlie cries. If Elliot's napping, Charlie is curled up into a ball somewhere nearby. It's really ridiculously adorable.
Before we brought him home, I always wondered how a cat would get along with a baby versus a dog... and apparently, I had nothing to worry about. Elliot is sometimes a little rough... patting hitting him when he's excited, pulling on his ears and tail, and he always crawls over and steals whatever toy poor Charlie is playing with. "Gentle, be gentle, be nice Elliot, play nice with the kitty, don't hurt Charlie..." those are frequent phrases in our household. Charlie has never once tried to bite, scratch, or even run away from Elliot, though. He takes it all like a champ. Don't worry- Elliot isn't ALWAYS so, uh, excited around the kitty. Whenever Charlie comes up to him, Elliot almost always greets him with a gentle hug. He also likes to copy me and pet "his" kitty, which Charlie clearly loves, judging by all the purring.
Elliot and Charlie are best friends.

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23 comments:

  1. Ok, first of all, that first picture, FRICKING CUTE! & Elliot looks SO much like Aaron there! Second, way to go, photographer mommy! Those photos look professional!

    Love the name of the kitty. X-Men rule!

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  2. You do really take great pictures, and also AWWWWW they are so cute together! Our cat won't go anywhere near my Joshua, has naver hurt him or been vicious but keeps her distance lol

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  3. P.S i always vote for you when im on here :)

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  4. omg could these pictures be any cuter?!?! and I vote!

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  5. I just died from cuteness overload. My heart is churning out the warm fuzzies in overtime from these pics right now!!

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  6. OMGOSH!!!!
    these pictures make me want to get a kitten, my cat is too old and cranky, and although my little man loves my kitty, she doesn't like him too much, lol.

    Adorable pictures. Made my heart melty. Too cute!!!

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  7. I am SO GLAD they're bonding so well! As you've seen on my blog, my son and his kitty are best friends too! They'll be buddies for life!

    Nurse Loves Farmer

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  8. LOVE the pictures!!!! I can't wait till we move & are able to get Jasper a cat/dog. He loves animals!! Elliot & Charlie are too cute!! :)

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  9. SO cute! It's really good for kids to grow up with pets, studies show they have less allergies! Plus it's so sweet for them to have a buddy.

    I like the kitty's name! Eliot's middle name is actually Xavier. :)

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  10. Omg that is way too precious. I really want to get Alyson a puppy or kitten when we move. :)

    Oh Jazmyn

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  11. He is getting so big! And yes, it is super cute the two of them together.

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  12. when did Elliot get SO big! Ah, I can't even handle how cute that boy is. And Charlie, too cute. I'm so glad they get along!!!

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  13. Aaah, he's getting so big!! Look at all that hair! Oh my goodness, too precious ♥ I think my heart just burst at the last two pictures, they have got to be the cutest things ever.

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  14. sooooooooo cute!!!!!! I agree with everyone else... and you have a definite future in photography~

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  15. I'm seriously dying from cuteness overload! And now i want a cat for Damian! Hubby's going to kill me when he comes home to a new kitty haha I better start working on a new blog title... :)

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  16. Those pics made my day! I love how the kitten and Elliot have practically the same expression in the first pic. They are all adorable pics!!

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  17. OMG how absolutely adorable! My 2 cats just think Izzy is a pain!

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  18. Thanks for all the wonderful comments, guys!!

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  19. Oh my word, all of the cuteness!

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  20. Oh my gosh! Those last two photos absolutely kill me. So so so adorable!

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  21. those are so adorable! I love the one with the cat in the basket looking over!

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  22. Such cute pics! Some of my favorites of my own kids are them with our Kitty! I even have a few where the kids AND cat are almost the exact same pose/position, it's adorable!

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  23. oh my gosh. that picture of the two of them reaching in the basket is too adorable.

    does your cat respond to noises? my parents recently got a white kitten & then learned she was deaf. apparently 75% of all white cats are deaf. just an interesting piece of information :)

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