One of these days I'm going to catch a better photograph of Little Nio together with his favorite pet, Samuel. "Favorite" is relative, since he's our only pet. Samuel is our Siamese cat who has been with me ever since he was a tiny little kitten.
This is one of the earliest photographs I have of Sam, back when I was still a bachelor living alone in Flat Phibun, behind the Ministry of Commerce.
This other photograph of Sam was taken several years ago, while I was still living alone down in Pattaya.
We're not at all afraid of Samuel's reaction to Little Nio. He's very domesticated and we try to keep him clean. Despite being a house cat, who has never ventured outdoors, we give him an invigorating shower every so often. We're actually more worried what Little Nio might do to the poor kitty. Our son is a bit heavy handed and his coordination still needs a bit of work. Without knowing it, Little Nio just might hurt Samuel, who in turn might accidentally scratch the boy.
We just have to keep watchful eyes on both of them.
Here's Little Nio getting a big sloppy smooch on the cheek from his Mommy. For those of you who think we should shower our child with as much love and affection as we possibly can, don't worry... he's pretty soggy already with all the smooches he gets.
This was taken when we went to visit our friends, Trevor and Khun Nok (whom Little Nio met a year ago). We were invited over to their wonderful new home for a fantastic barbecue, where we all got sufficiently overstuffed on very delicious food.
Little Nio also got a chance to meet their dogs, Sammy (the Golden Retriever) and Bobby (the little Black Pug). Both dogs are wonderful pets with awesome personalities. Little Nio was delighted with them both.
From left-to-right: Sammy the Golden Retriever, Mikhail (a friend of Trevor), Bobby the Black Pug, Khun Nok, Little Nio, Uncle Trevor in the back, and myself. We had a really great time that afternoon and are looking forward to another opportunity to catch up with Nok and Trevor again.
A few nights later, Little Nio had a chance to attend an indoor football match. It was a friendly competition between the designers and architects, versus the CAD operators of my design firm. After both teams had scored more than ten points against the other, no one bothered to keep score. It was just a sporting opportunity to have a good time. Here's Little Nio with his Mommy hanging out at the sidelines.
