Meet Midnight and Mack.

The major event of today was going to VIPets to pick out the kids' hamsters. Talk about excited!! We looked at several different types--dwarf, teddy bear, plain--and ended up with two adorable black teddy bear hamsters. So after picking out all the food, chew toys, exercise balls, etc. that you NEED to have hamsters, we brought the new boy and girl home. Kennedy's is a little girl hamster named "Midnight", and Hayden's is a little boy hamster named "Mack." Of course, we were home all of 5 minutes when my son ran into the kitchen yelling that Mack had gotten away and hid under the chair....what did we get ourselves into?? Seriously, they are very gentle and lots of fun to play with and watch......and how wonderful to be able to make their Christmas wishes reality.

We also had my 6-month-old niece, Sam, here today, so it was lots of fun to have a baby in the house. She is at that fun baby stage where she laughs, smiles, coos, watches everything going on around her....and thinks the game of "Peek-a-Boo" is the best thing ever! My husband even made the comment that he missed hearing those little baby sounds around the house......so I still see a glimmer of hope to add another little one to our family! We also cleaned up the rest of the Christmas mess, and got the house back in semi-organized condition.........NOW, where, oh where, do we put all this new stuff?