Early Birthday Present

Mom and Dad came to visit this last weekend to help us work on some DIY projects we have going on around here. They have been taking care of Elijah's birthday present for a few weeks and were ready to pass it on to him. We were all so excited we didn't even make it out of the driveway!

Mom (Juju) was talking to Elijah about what he might like to have for his birthday...


Oh the anticipation!!!....

Its a hamster!!!

It was love at first sight!

Elijah was so excited!

We got a special place for him set up in Elijah's room. Elijah and I were trying to decide what we should name him. We were going through all different names like Hammy, Nibbles, etc and then Elijah said "Mom, he looks like the rat on Charlotte's Web...Templeton". So we decided to name him Templeton.

Poor Templeton. Elijah carries his whole cage all over the house. Yesterday he even sat his fish bowl next to the hamster cage "so Templeton and Tooker could get to know each other". We had our first experience of Templeton getting loose in Elijah's room today. Actually, I was at work. Elijah put Templeton in an exercises ball but didn't lock the lid so Templeton got out. Beau was able to catch him though.

Luckily Elijah is a deep sleeper because Templeton is definitely nocturnal. And Elijah's room does not smell fresh, but he is loving being able to have some real animals to take care of!