Meet Elliott!

Yesterday Chase & I went to Birds Unlimited in Webster to look at cockatiels. We'd talked about it a lot and decided we were ready for a new bird member of our family. I had really wanted a Senegal, but was worried about their 1 person love affairs...I really wanted something that liked everyone. I've always like cockatiels and figured this was the way to go.
Anyways, we went in and the girl showed us a few 'tiels. I'd been interested in the normal grays and the Lutinos. The first little guy she pulled out of the cage was active, talkative and walked right up my arm into my hair. He chewed on my rings, and on her necklace...just seemed pretty outgoing. He was also adorable. He's only about 4 weeks old, not certain on a hatch date though.
I decided he was perfect and we went shopping for a new cage, play gym and toys for him. A little under $500 later we were all packed up in the car and Elliott was on his way home!
We were told he might not eat for 24/36 hours and might not move around much. After Chase got his cage put together I opened the box that Elliott was in and he was hissing at me something fierce. I didn't let that scare me though, and started petting him. He was handfed and very comfortable being handled. He quickly calmed down and decided he wanted out of the box and started trying to climb out. I got him on my hand and pet him a bit. Then went to put him in his cage where he wouldn't let go of me for a few minutes. Once he did he explored a little bit and had a few bites of his millet. :)
Roxy seems to really like him and she whines to get closer to him. Well he started whistling back at her...awfully cute. :)
This morning he freaked out a little when we woke up and came down stairs but he quickly relaxed. I'm going to try and get him out in a little bit before mom and John come over to meet him.
I'll get better photos today...these are from my cell phone last night.