Thursday, March 15, 2012

A Big Batch of Beans

Here's our birthday girl today!!

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And now, a little visit to her past... I know you may have seen many of these images before, but I thought in honor of Butterbean's birthday, I would put together a little collection of pics of our girl from over the years.

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58 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday Charlene ! It is so nice to see photo's of you and Drewy on your special day.
    Waving from Houston !
    Aunty Pol and the Feline Overlords.

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  2. OH! She was truly one of the cutest kittens ever, and she grew up to be such a beautiful lady! Happy belated birthday, Bean!

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  3. I love Bean so much. I honestly think she is the prettiest cat I've ever seen. What I like about those pictures is that I can't believe how much she changed; in the seventh picture down she looks like a normal Siamese...and then comes the floof!

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  4. My favorite is baby Bean in a hat.

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  5. It's so amazing how much her colouring and appearance changed from kittenhood to adulthood! She is a very beautiful lady.

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  6. She just keeps getting better and better. She is a Supermodel. So sweet that Drewey is in some of the pictures.
    HBD!,CB!

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  7. wow! she has changed so much since she was a baby bean. now as a big bean she looks like a Queen Bean!

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  8. The floof progression is awesome!! :)

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    1. Yes! So are the photos of her awkward teen years.

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  9. She's so beautiful!

    (but you didn't post my favorite Bean picture- the one where she's sitting like the Buddha with her belly poofing out) :)

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  10. You've come a long way, baby!

    (And so nice to see Drewey in some of the shots!)

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  11. She is so beautiful and fluffy!!!

    Happy Birthday Miss!

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  12. Such a beautiful girl - from past to present!

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  13. Good to see a couple of glimpses of Drewey too! Happy birthday, Charlene! (cue the B-52s)!

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  14. She is the personification of what Lord Byron wrote:

    SHE walks in beauty, like the night
    Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
    And all that's best of dark and bright
    Meets in her aspect and her eyes ...

    Happy birthday, beautiful Bean!

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  15. What a lovely pictorial celebration of the "Queen of Floofy" Ms Bean (and cameos by Drewey)!!!!

    I am sure she thanks you for not including that awkward shot of her belly that made us all laugh, although I did chuckle at the one of her on the porch since your hilarious story of her slide down same was ringing in my head.

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  16. OMC - we hadn't seen baby Bean pics before....how simply adorable. Mom loves the picture of her sitting on the deck with her paws hanging over. :)

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  17. Oh how I love the Bean! She's such a beautiful, wonderful cat. You're lucky to have her! Happy Birthday Charlene!

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  18. Okay, my favorite is totally the one with her curled up with her daddy.

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  19. Ahhh, a photographic Bounty of The Bean

    Happy Purrsday, Miss Bean!

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  20. Happy Birthday, Charlene!!!

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  21. Happy Birthday, Miss Charlene!

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  22. Bean,

    So cool to see you from beeebeh to beautiful adult. Glad your Mom gave you your favorite kitten kibble on your birthday cake. I'm sure you loved it.

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  23. Kittens steal my heart, and full grown floof always makes my heart sing, but I have a special spot for that gangly teen stage..

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  24. That picture of baby Bean and the pink flowers is so adorable--it belongs on a calendar or cat book or magnet or something.

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  25. Happy Birthday Charlene!

    With love and purrs from your kitty fans - Atticus, Mae, Gandalf and Malcolm.

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  26. It's a Bean feast!
    Who could have suspected that such an adorable little kitten would grow up to be such a gracious and ladylike (and floofy!) cat?
    Happy birthday to you, dear Charlene!

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  27. WHat an absolutely stunningly gorgeous cat she is. Happy Birthday!

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  28. I never tire of seeing pictures of beautiful Charlene - and it's a special treat that you included some with Drewey, too. And the one of her snoozing with Craig is priceless. (Someday you will need to have Craig take a picture of you and Charlene to share here!)
    Happy Birthday, Charlene! We love you!

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  29. oh bean! i don't remember ever seeing her kitten pictures! (and i've been reading for a long time!) what a pretty girl. she really is a special kitty.

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  30. Happy Birthday, Charlene Butterbean, you gorgeous kitty! I hope you have fun with your new batch of foster kittens.

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  31. She's such a beautiful cat, but she's deliciously cute, too! Thanks for putting this together. It's a lot of fun.

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  32. I love to see her grow! She is so beautiful. Happy Birthday Bean! You get more beautiful with each passing year.

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  33. Lita and the boys in MelbourneMarch 15, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    Oh, Miss Bean, Happy, Happy Birthday to you! You are one fine looking lady cat and ya know, we think you're looking kind of slenderer (it is so a word!)and lovely these days. Six is a fine age to be. :)

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  34. What a beauty Charlene is, yet humble and loving ;o) Good to see pictures of Miss Drewey too...HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUTTERBEAN <3

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  35. Happy Belated Birthday Charlene! Lots of love from Madison and Keegan

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  36. Happy birthday miss fluffypants, you are so photogenic!!

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  37. Happy birthday, Miss Bean! (The 4th one down, she looks like a tiny Ewok *squee*) And echoing other commenters, nice to see cameos of Drewey.

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  38. I can't handle the CUTE!!! <3

    Happy birthday, Bean!!!!!!!

    Love, Allie, Ripley, Georgie, Twitterbean, Poppy, and Dawg

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  39. Aww, Drewey! And I can't believe how much Bean has changed through the years. Always beautiful and adorable, though!

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  40. Hugs and headbutts from B'more, sweetie!! Hope your day was awesome!!!

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  41. Happy Birthday dear lovely Charlene...you get more and more beautiful with each passing day...

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  42. Happy Birthday! We love you Charlene!
    ~from Geraldine and Phoebe Dearborn

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  43. Charlene has been photogenic since birth, it seems. She really is a beautiful cat, and her personality shines through in her photos. Also, it's lovely to see and remember Drewey.

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  44. Wishing Ms. Charlene Bean the happiest of birthdays! From the kitties on the other side of the mountains - Orphan Annie, Bobcat, and Twinkles.

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  45. Bean...you have been a beauty from the start. My absolute favourite is baby Bean amongst the pink flowers...nice to see Drewey too :)

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  46. Such a lucky girl to have found the perfect people with whom to spend her life, and such lucky people to have found such a special girl.

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  47. Haapy Birthday Beanie! Which picture is my favorite? You wanting to craft with Mom? You sleeping with Dad? You and Drewey? (do so love those!) Or you showing off your toe hawks?

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  48. She was an adorable kitten, but she just keeps getting prettier with time. Happy birthday, Miss Bean!

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  49. Congratulations on your sixth birthday, beautiful Butterbean!

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  50. Happy birthday to one of the most magnificent creatures God sent down to bless you x

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  51. Wow, that is one gorgeous kitty kat! Glad that she her birthday wish has come true and that there are little ones on the other side of the door!!

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  52. Oh, Miss Bean was the cutest little kitten! I like that Drewey Junebug made it in there, too.

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  53. Drewey and Bean in the pink chair! Too funny.

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  54. The third one in the big block of photos is hands-down my favorite Charlene image. She looks so amazed at the little pink flowers. It's like she's thinking "Oh my god! So pink! So pretty!"

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  55. Love seeing the intermittent progression from when Charlene was smaller than Drewey to when she was suddenly larger ... or at least floofier. Happy Birthday to Ms. Bean!

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