Olive and Hazel Meet Georgia
So two weeks ago, the lives of Meghan and I changed forever with the birth of our first daughter, Georgia Mary Anne Gross. We’re overjoyed that she’s here now and have been having an awesome time as parents. Sure, there are a few long nights here and there, but they’re worth it 🙂
Initially, I was a little nervous about bringing a baby home to the cats. I’d heard a few scary stories about infants being attacked by jealous pets (don’t you just love those?) but to be perfectly honest, the baby and the cats have been getting along great.
At first, Hazel kept her distance, but has been gradually warming up to the baby. Olive, on the other hand, instantly fell in love and enjoys sitting in on all of the feedings and diaper changes. It’s almost too cute for words.
We’ve experienced so much happiness lately, so I hope today’s strip gives you a smile or a laugh too. Sorry if I’ve sounded a little hokey. Babies do that to you 😉
I love how you turned a real live situation into a strip complete with sound effects Don Martin would love! Fun, and funny! Congrats on your newest family member, Pop!
Thanks a lot, Mark!
OMG that is TOO cute. 😀 😀 😀 I love it!! Before you know it, she’ll be chasing those two around the house!!
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Can’t wait for that to happen 🙂
Aw! Well said! 🙂
Thanks 🙂
This is awesome and congratulations on the baby!!! I have two male dogs, a BIG Golden/Lab Retriever mix and a bigger than normal but still little Bichon Frise, and I just adopted a 15 week female American Shorthair calico kitten 6 weeks ago. Lets just say that I can relate to your comics even more now, Matt. She is really nice and friendly but is extremely nosy, loves to explore, and doesn’t have an independent bone in her body. I’m going to make her an indoor cat. She gets along with the dogs very well (which was a huge surprise). They both always play with her and the little dog even lets her sleep with him (again a huge surprise because when we got the big one at 7 weeks the little one did his best to stay as far away from him as possible, but that was 2 years ago). Sorry for typing all of this, I got out of hand.
The Bichon Frise is named Knuckles (I was a kid when I named him) and is the oldest but still pretty young and childish.
The Golden retriever is named Nestle and is the middle child, only 2 years old.
The American Shorthair calico is named Nelly (I made a ‘N’ sounding theme since my name is Nicholas) and is still a baby and shall be an indoor cat.
Question: If you celebrate Christmas, what will a cat do to a Christmas tree and what can you do about it?
Aw, thanks a lot! We do celebrate Christmas with trees, decoration, etc., and honestly, the first Christmas we had Olive in the house was a bit of a challenge. She insisted on attacking the tree over and over no matter how many times we told her no. You may have to resort to putting tin foil on the floor surrounding the tree. Cats hate the feel and sound of it when they step on it. Hope that helps 🙂
Too funny and too cute!!!
Thanks a lot, Sue!
I’d been waiting for baby Georgia to make her debut!
Congrats to you both, and to Olive and Hazel as well. 🙂
Thanks, Traci!