Well, with Socrates it was more gradual and I didn't even realize he had grown up. Perhaps because he's the eldest son it wasn't a sudden realization. I just said "wow, your getting big"...."Well, your kitten days are about over"..."OK, your a cat now".
But my baby son (whose fatter than the eldest) I will always see him as a kitten. I had just moved out from living with my roommate and gotten my own apt. The week before Tiger still had his kitten face and was in what I call the Katten stage. Well, one day during the first week in my new apt. in 1999 I looked at Tiger and his tummy pooch was dangling more noticably and I said "Tiger, your getting fat!" and he looked up at me and said "Meow". And as I looked at his face I realized that he had completely lost his kitten look and I exclaimed (rather loudly I might add) "Oh my God, your no longer a kitten, your a cat!"...Of course, this was followed by me saying "Awwwwwwww, my baby has grown up" followed by a hug to which he firmly protested at the moment. Yep! He's a cat now!
I'll have to scan some kitten pics of them too and post them.
But my baby son (whose fatter than the eldest) I will always see him as a kitten. I had just moved out from living with my roommate and gotten my own apt. The week before Tiger still had his kitten face and was in what I call the Katten stage. Well, one day during the first week in my new apt. in 1999 I looked at Tiger and his tummy pooch was dangling more noticably and I said "Tiger, your getting fat!" and he looked up at me and said "Meow". And as I looked at his face I realized that he had completely lost his kitten look and I exclaimed (rather loudly I might add) "Oh my God, your no longer a kitten, your a cat!"...Of course, this was followed by me saying "Awwwwwwww, my baby has grown up" followed by a hug to which he firmly protested at the moment. Yep! He's a cat now!
I'll have to scan some kitten pics of them too and post them.
