Our Zoe-girl

I've been trying to get a few good pictures of Zoe to share now that she's comfortable with us and lounges everywhere. We've had her almost 3 months and she's definitely part of the family. She even has a ton of nicknames: Zoe-girl, Zo-Zo, Zoester (rhymes with toaster), and Zoe-kins.

Her relationship with the kids yo-yo's back and forth between tolerance and fear. She really liked Jaelyn to begin with and was even sleeping on her bed, but then Jaelyn started chasing her and pulling her tail. She even threw her down 1/2 a flight of stairs once (unhurt thankfully). There for a little bit, Zoe was running away from Jaelyn as fast as she could. Jaelyn has calmed down with her now and Zoe is more tolerant of her. She even took a nap in Jaelyn's lap not too long ago.

Allie wants Zoe to like her so badly, but she's mean to her most of the time. She pets her too hard and swats at her if Zoe doesn't do what she wants. Allie has also had a turn throwing Zoe down the stairs. She was carrying Zoe down the stairs this week and I told her to put Zoe down. Instead of sitting her down, she threw her down granny-style, kind of like you throw a basketball. I tried to catch her but my Elasta-girl arms weren't working. I was able to stop her from rolling down the stairs the rest of the way at least. Zoe hurt her back leg and was limping pretty badly. One afternoon of rest under my bed seems to have been enough and she's fine now. Here's a picture of Allie using Zoe as a pillow. Zoe doesn't look very happy.

Caden has gone from chasing her to being sweet to her. Zoe actually likes Caden and recently has started going into his room with him at naps. He says she sleeps on the floor.