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Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Before I was even born, you loved me." --"Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck" From the photographer of elegantly ageless elephants in "Gray Matter" and the porcine with panache from "Pretty in Pink" comes a chick hatchling tale to honor moms. Celebrating mom's roles as nurturer, teacher, and cheerleader, Elsdale's photographic spreads of feathery fledgling chicks are perfectly paired with Regan's heartfelt verse: * "Whenever I lost my way and my feathers were ruffled, you were there to smooth them." * "With every loving act and patient lesson, you prepared me for my life ahead." * I know I've still got a lot to learn about life, but I do know one thing for sure . . . I'm a lucky duck to have a mom like you."
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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I woke up this morning to this sleeping beside me....with her tongue hanging out😂. She definitely is a #LuckyDuck and spoiled rotten too.
#catsofLitsy

Sace 😍😍 Cuteness! 6y
wanderinglynn Too cute! ❤️🐱 6y
BookNAround Awwwww! 6y
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AmyG Looks like my Hilly. ❤️ 6y
britt_brooke So cute! 6y
Hollie 😻 6y
Mitch She‘s so cute. She looks in need of a belly rub! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
Bookzombie So cute! 💕🐱 6y
Lreads She‘s so cute with her little tongue sticking out! ❤️ 6y
tonyahoswalt Love this! My Violet does this a lot! 6y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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I can‘t believe it, but it‘s been a year since I found this little girl and she became one #luckyduck ....from one handful of tiny, used to sleep on my shoulder while I read.... to that big girl in the bottom counter who needs the whole arm and shoulder! My how time flies.

And Happy Mother‘s Day to everyone, even the fur baby mothers. 🍀 🦆

vivastory Adorable! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraBrook She‘s grown so much! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vivastory She thanks you. 😸 7y
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ReadingVampire Awe what a beautiful baby! 7y
ValerieAndBooks I remember!! 😍 7y
InLibrisVeritas Aww! Shoulder cats are the best ♥ 7y
Lreads Cute little kitten! 😍 7y
rubyslippersreads They grow up so fast. 😻😻😻 (edited) 7y
LeahBergen Awww! 😍😍 7y
Gezemice Wow so cute! How they grow! I feel like that with my kids... 7y
LauraBrook I‘m just seeing this (i suck), and omg it‘s been a year?!?!!!! How is that possible??? She‘s such a big girl now! Give her some smooches from me! 😻 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraBrook That‘s ok, you‘ve been busy. And yes! I can‘t believe it either. How have you been? 7y
LauraBrook @RivetedLit I‘ve been okay. Amazingly I‘ve had some oomph to work on cleaning out my house, so I‘m taking advantage. How about you, how have you been? 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Did you know cats grew on trees (or in this case spider plants)?

I think someone has a severe case of Spring Fever, or in this case Stalking Fever in the Great Plains of Africa, yes little 🦁

#LuckyDuck #CatsOfLitsy

rubyslippersreads 😻😻😻 7y
BookwormAHN Cute 😻 7y
BookNAround Hahaha! 7y
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Gezemice OMG!!! ❤️❤️❤️😻😻 7y
Soubhiville Too funny! Looks quite satisfied laying there! 7y
Laura317 That‘s so cute! 😻 7y
Simona 😂She is cute with that mane😻 7y
Dragon 😻 7y
Bookzombie 💕🐱 7y
LeahBergen 😂😂 7y
Mdargusch So funny! 7y
BookMaven407 😂 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Just an update for those that have followed #LuckyDuck since I found her in May. She's doing very well & still likes to try to sleep near my shoulder even though she's a bit to big to manage it comfortably. We went from where she still tried (photo 2 from Sept) to today, where I think she‘s given up on that completely, and isn‘t very happy about it. I think she‘s disgruntled that my shoulder has shrunk. 😂

LitsyOwl Beautiful kitty and lucky 🍀 to have you. 🦉 7y
niha923 She's so cute! 😻😻😻 7y
JoScho So sweet 7y
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JazzFeathers What a treasure 😍😍😍😍 7y
minkyb Such a happy story! 7y
Bookzombie So cute! 💕🐱 7y
Gezemice That is such a fun story! She has grown so much! 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Just cruising in my cat tree. 😂


Not book related, but it cracks me up when she puts her elbow out the side like that

#LuckyDuck #CatsOfLitsy

Simona Lucky Duck is Lady Kitty 😻😻😻 7y
Booksnchill 🤣🤣🤣One cool cat! 7y
CouronneDhiver Look how grown up she is already - wow! 7y
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niha923 Ahh she's very cute! 😻❤ 7y
JazzFeathers 😂😂😽😽😻😻 7y
Suet624 😂😂😂 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Can you tell it‘s a quiet snow day here?
Even Duck is chilling. 😂

Yes, this is #LuckyDuck for those of you who saw her posts as a baby.

Simona 😻😻😻 I remember❣️ 7y
mrozzz 🤭😍☺️ 7y
ValerieAndBooks Wow! So big now! 7y
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Soubhiville So pretty! 7y
BookNAround Pretty stripy cat. 😻 7y
readordierachel Love it! 7y
Christine11 So adorable! 😻😻 7y
2BR02B Such beautiful markings! 😻 7y
valeriegeary Belly rubs! 7y
AmyG She so cute! ❤️ 7y
TommieMarie74 Look are her gorgeous stripes! 😍😻😍 7y
RadicalReader @Riveted_Reader_Melissa what's this beauty's name? What breed?! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @RadicalReader This is Duck, she‘s a rescued barn cat. If you click on #LuckyDuck and scroll back a few posts you‘ll see how tiny she was when I found her in May 7y
minkyb She is gorgeous! 7y
Gezemice Awww she has gotten big! 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage She‘s so big and I love the stripes/markings on her fur! ❤️❤️ (edited) 7y
shadowspeak17 She is gorgeous! 😍😍😍 7y
Bookzombie So big and so cute! 💕🐱 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Somebody‘s content after stealing some cream cheese off of my bagel.... doesn‘t she look like a basking queen?

#LuckyDuck #catsofLitsy

kspenmoll What a wonderful perch! 😻😻 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @kspenmoll Yes, and it‘s a cheap corrugated cardboard thing I bought at Walmart. Two thick cardboard pieces cut with a notch so they fit together like an X for scratching. She seems to love it. 7y
Cathythoughts The Queen of Sheba 😺 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Cathythoughts Exactly! If only I had know I could have named her that or Cleo or something similarly glamorous! 😂 7y
CatLass007 What IS her name? She‘s adorable. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 Oh sorry. She‘s our Lucky Duck, her name is Duck (or Ducky). We found her in May after her mother disappeared, she was about a week old, and bottle feed her. So she‘s a lucky one, and a spoiled one. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I tagged you in her first post on Litsy. 7y
Tanzy13 🐱 7y
CatLass007 Thank you. 7y
TaylorMay Aww what a cutie. Yes she is a darn queen 7y
AmyG She is beautiful. A princess! 7y
rubyslippersreads 😻👑😻 7y
LauraBrook She‘s such a beauty. 😽❤️😽 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I just bought one of those for our kittens and they love it. She‘s a pretty kitty 😻 7y
saresmoore The lighting in this photo only adds to her majesty! 7y
Bookzombie I love seeing Lucky Duck! 💕🐱 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled It‘s amazing how much cats love anything cardboard....this and of course boxes! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @saresmoore Only the best sunlight for a basking queen! LOL 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Just an update for those that have followed #LuckyDuck since I found her in May. She's doing very well & still likes to try to sleep on my shoulder even though she's a bit to big to manage it comfortably (photo 2). And starting this week (photo 3) she's learned a new trick, lay between me and what I'm reading and put her foot on the reading device & push it away.😂 No more reading while you pet me, no multitasking pay undivided attention to me! 😂

LauraBrook Awwwww, look at that gorgeous little sasspants! I love when cats develop new little quirks. Smooch her for me! 😽😽😽 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraBrook Will do. How are you doing? 7y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage The foot thing is hilarious!! She is all kinds of beautiful though. Love her stripes. 😻😻 7y
LauraBrook @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Meh, ok, not great. Buckets of anxiety and near-panic attacks daily. Chico has been feeling not himself so that upped the normal high anxiety into overdrive. He's doing better today (still seeing the vet on Tuesday), and I have a few low-dose lorazepams to get me through until my prescription comes in. How about you? 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraBrook I'm doing ok, lots of family drama, but I'm keeping it outside of my house so far. Fingers crossed Chico continues to do well and gets a good report on Tuesday, hopefully your prescription comes in fast without lots of delays, it's such a hassle to get what we need sometimes. Remember to take care of and do something nice for yourself as well as love your little one. 7y
mcipher She's beautiful!! 7y
Laura317 Lucky Duck is a lucky one indeed! That is so sweet. 7y
OrangeMooseReads Such a sweet kitty! She‘s gorgeous too 😻 7y
Bookzombie She is so cute! Love her new trick. 💕🐱 7y
CouronneDhiver Adorable! She's grown so much 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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It's a mellow start to my #LitsyPartyOfOne today. Drinking my hot tea, chilling, even #LuckyDuck and #Frank are nestling down for a nice nap. #CatsOfLitsy

LauraJ Aww! Good kitty names 😺 7y
Simona Lucky Duck growing fast❣️ 7y
tpixie Pretty kitties 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Simona I know! I can't believe how fast she's grown! She's almost 4 months old now. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraJ Thank you, I wish I could take credit, but I didn't name any of them.🤷‍♀️ 7y
Gezemice Awww. So cute! 7y
Bookzombie So cute!! 7y
Eyelit That's adorable! 😻 7y
Laura317 How sweet are they?! 😻😻 7y
Bette 🐱💜🐱❤️ 7y
GondorGirl ❤😻❤😻❤ 7y
diovival FLOOOOOOOOOOF 💕 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Long busy day of Synchronized Sleeping here! 😂

#LuckyDuck #catsofLitsy #DogsofLitsy

elkeOriginal I think this much cute might break my phone! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @elkeo I know! I don't remember who asked me how she was getting along with the dogs, but I think this answers it. 7y
elkeOriginal And she's going to be big enough to push the little dog off the couch soon! Amazing 💕 7y
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Eyelit 💜💜💜 7y
TheBookAddict Awww sooo cute!!! 😍💕 7y
readordierachel Adorable! 7y
Bookzombie So sweet! 💗 7y
DebinHawaii So darn cute!!! 🐱❤️🐶 7y
rubyslippersreads So much cuteness! 😻🐶❤️ 7y
Mimi28 Cool!! 😴😴😴 7y
minkyb How adorable! 7y
Simona So, so sweet❣️😍😍😍😍 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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She also doesn't fit on my shoulder to sleep anymore, but she still tries! #LuckyDuck

Robothugs Oh my gosh she's adorable!!! I have two cats that turn a year old this month. The one still sleeps beside or above my head, and the other doesn't fit comfy under my chin anymore but she will still lie across my chest literally underneath my chin. 😂 7y
AmyG Omg so cute. 7y
bitterbear @Robothugs 💖💖💖 7y
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bitterbear Awwaaa... 7y
monkeygirlsmama This is such a cute kitty. It fun to watch them grow, and kitty cuddles are awesome no matter how they give hem. 7y
Soubhiville So sweet! 💜💜💜 7y
hgrimes omg 🐱😻😽🙀 7y
LauraBrook Awwww! She's a big little girl now! And maybe she'll end up sitting on your shoulder like a parrot one day, you never know! (My friends cat does this! 😊) Give that lucky girl a smooch from me! 😚 7y
Bookzombie So sweet! 💕🐱 7y
diovival She is growing so fast! 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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She doesn't fit in one hand anymore! #LuckyDuck is 2 months old today.

8little_paws Oh I love her 7y
Megabooks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 7y
bitterbear That face!!!! 7y
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Jess_Read_This She's gorgeous! Love her stripes! 7y
LauraBrook Such a gorgeous girl!!! 😽😽😽 7y
Bookzombie 💗💗 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Purrrdy girl! 😻😻 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Two months ago I found this tiny, abandoned, "mostly dead" (in the words of the Princess Bride) kitten and took this little one home to see what I could do....she fit in one palm, slept on my shoulder and in the crock of my elbow...and now two months old and a full fledged kitten already! (see part 2). She has definitely lived up to the name we gave her, she is one #LuckyDuck

8little_paws Omg omg omgggggg 😍😍😍😍 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @8little_paws I know, she was so tiny! (edited) 7y
DivineDiana Thank you for your kindness. So sweet! 7y
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Notafraidofwords So cute 😄 7y
britt_brooke 😻😻😻 7y
AmyG Precious! 7y
monkeygirlsmama Squeeeeeee 7y
Nebklvr She was very lucky to be found by someone with the knowledge and determination to save her! Baby kittens are hard to save 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Nebklvr They are, and they have to be as determined as you are.....I'm 2 out of 3 for bottle feed kittens. But I will freely admit, I was sure this one was a goner. When we found her, her litter mates had passed already, and she was cold... but she moved a tiny bit so I warmed her up and tried to feed her...luckily she was determined enough to fight her way back too. 7y
LauraBrook Oh, what a sweet girl she is - thank you again for saving her on behalf of all cat moms everywhere! 💖 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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#LuckyDuck has found the ideal place to play with Reggie, she hops into the laundry basket and bats at him through the holes, and he can't jump in! 😂😂😂. Smart girl! 😺

#CatsOfLitsy

8little_paws Soooo cute!! 7y
LeahBergen Oh my! 💞💞 7y
SharonGoforth 😻😻 7y
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BookKenz Aww! 😻❤️ 7y
LauraBrook Awwww, look at her!!!! Such a big lil' cutie!!!! 😽😽😽😽😽😽😽😽 7y
Laura317 Two cuties! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraBrook I know, she's grown so much and looks so tall stretched up like that! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Laura317 They are, and they are both the babies of the house...so they run and chase each other all day, until it's time to eat or they pass out (whichever comes first)! The other animals in my household are all much older and just watch them and try to stay out of their way. 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Completely adorable! 7y
Bookzombie So adorable! 💕🐱🐶 7y
TheBookbabeblog84 Your pup reminds me of my baby boy when he was younger. 7y
Merethebookgal 😍😍😍😍 7y
monkeygirlsmama Awww precious! 7y
Laura317 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I miss having my pets. Husband is not a fan. The kids and I are all - look! A puppy! A kitten! A pig! Etc. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Laura317 That's sad.... majority rule? 7y
Laura317 I've threatened it more than once! Hubby is really a big softie. We will wear him down eventually! 😂 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Laura317 I'm surprised none of the kids have found a kitten/puppy etc already then. 7y
Laura317 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Me too! We had a Yorkie for many years, but that was before kids. I feel like the right little/puppy etc will find us at the right time. 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Laura317 Very true, that's how I found Lucky Duck. 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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After some searching, I finally found my #LuckyDuck It's getting much harder now that she's all kitten and can go everywhere. This picture is from the first time I found her up in the cat tree, after I searched all her usual hiding places. #CatsofLitsy update.

Texreader ❤️❤️❤️😻 7y
My_novel_obsession I ❤️your posts about Lucky Duck 😻 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Anovelobsession My other pets are starting to feel left out, but who doesn't love a new kitten. 7y
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LauraBrook Awww, look at the little lady! Sneaking around on her momma. 😽 She's getting bigger, which is good but also sad bc she was the teeniest cutest lil thing! Smooch her for me!!!! 7y
MyNamesParadise What a cute little kitten!! 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraBrook I know, they grow up way to fast! I was just saying that, she's not a baby anymore. 7y
Soubhiville 😻 so cute!!! 7y
CouronneDhiver She's so cute! 😍 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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No Reggie, this dog bed is all mine now!

Just for you @LauraBrook I know you've been following her since the beginning.#LuckyDuck #CatsofLitsy just look at her stretching out and taking as much space as possible, LOL

saresmoore Oh fer cute! 7y
MyNamesParadise Awwwwww!!! 7y
rubyslippersreads 😻🐶😻 7y
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Johanna414 She looks so good! I love that orange patch on her forehead! 7y
LauraBrook Oh my god, cuteness overload!!!! Thank you so much for posting this, it's cheered up my weepy day. 💖😽💖 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Johanna414 My vet saw that and said a tortie with a naughty mark, she'll be a adventurous 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @LauraBrook awww, sorry it's been a weepy day. Feel better soon. 7y
kspenmoll So sweet!!! 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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Hiding in the puppy toy collection. #LuckyDuck #CatsOfLitsy

Update: about 7-8 weeks old now and 100% kitten, which means into EVERYTHING!

Tanzy13 🐱 7y
LauraBrook Aw, look at her! 😽😽❤️ 7y
tpixie So sweet!! 7y
kspenmoll What a cute teeny kitty! ❤️❤️❤️😻 7y
MyNamesParadise So cute!! 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck | Bob Elsdale, Holly Elsdale, Patrick Regan
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#LuckyDuck I think she's decided the Doxen is her litter mate

LauraBrook Adorable! And look how big she's getting! 7y
GypsyKat Awe! Too cute! 7y
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CouronneDhiver ❤️ 7y
LauraBeth Awww 😻😻 7y
tricours That noose though... 🤔 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tricours hahaha! I knew someone would comment on that... it's a dog chew toy, it has the loop on both ends so you can tug back and forth with them. 7y
Gezemice Cute but kinda scary. My mind is on medieval history.... 7y
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