Another Animal!

Taylor couldn't have picked a better day to beg for a hamster,

than the day of her baptism.

While I was cleaning the house and making food for a few guests to come over

after her baptism, Chris took the kids to the pet store

"just to look."

(or so I thought)

Taylor has been wanting a hamster for a little over a year now.

She would beg off and on for one.

We always said, "No, our house is already a zoo."

While at the pet store she begged and begged and Chris finally said,

"a guinea pig would be so much more fun...and durable."

So she begged and begged for a guinea pig.

So Chris called me and asked if they could get one.

I said, "NO."

Chris said, "OK."

Then he told Taylor and I heard the crying and the whining so I said I gotta go.

Meet Chloe

I know you are probably confused now.

I was too.

I had been crying (long story) and Chris walks in the door and says,
"you need some cheering up so we got her anyway."
Somehow this actually worked.
Crazy I know!
It should have made me more upset and given me the right to give him

evil death looks

for at least the rest of the day.
I asked him later that night why he got her anyway when I said no.
He said, "well, this was Taylor's special day and I didn't want her to be upset on her special day and always look back on her baptism day and remember how her mom and dad wouldn't let her have a guinea pig."
I rolled my eyes and then leaned in to give him a kiss and told him he was
rediculous and a big softy!

(Heather, I hope you are not offended that we named our pig Chloe!)

Oh, by the way, I made him get rid of the lizard.