Tiki - When he was a child

Tiki in Annie's arms It's been not so long ago - Tiki was born around end of September/beginning of October last year, and came to us beginning of November. He was soooo small, but sliced and diced like a high tech blender. Hard to believe when he is deeply asleep, ultimately trusting the person that holds him dear.

Tiki, vertically asleep I had huge problems with my allergies at first, and developed asthma-like problems (it's much better now). We tried to shut him out of our bed at night by putting a card board barrier around it. It regularly took about 90 seconds of truly heartbreaking meouwing before we let him in.

Tiki's on the ball How could you possibly shut out something so sweet? Sometimes he would look at the TV, and fall asleep as he lay streched out to reach the top of the arm rest of the couch. At times we woke up in the morning only to find Tiki had nestled in between us (under the blanket, that is), or sleeping on the cushion wrapped around our heads. I wished I had been reacting less allergically then...