Introducing.....

So, remember how I told you that Kate was dying to have a guinea pig for her birthday? I appreciated all of the helpful suggestions.  Really, I did.  We'd already hosted Patches, the class guinea pig, for Thanksgiving.  We knew they were a little on the smelly side.  We already knew we weren't allergic (thank you, Patches). 

The truth of the matter is, I'm just not really an animal person.  I think it stems partly from the fact that I've never really had a pet.  Plus, they kind of just make me nervous.

But, if animals in general make me a little jittery, rodents are the worst.  I won't even look at rats if we're in a pet store.  It's the tail.  Blech.

So, I was pretty sure that we were just going to tell Kate that the guinea pig idea wasn't a good one.  That we're just not pet people.  Then my mom, [quite possibly the only person that hates rodents more than me] laid a pretty good guilt trip on me.  And we caved.

Without further ado.....meet

Gracie

And.....

Charlotte

That's right everyone, we not only adopted one guinea pig, but we found her a friend.  They're actually really cute.  Charlotte follows Gracie around so closely that she runs into her rear end when Gracie stops running.   We kind of think they remind us of Kate and Emma. 

And, something I never thought I'd do - I even hold them! 

We all enjoy watching them, petting them, holding them, and just having them in our house (even Rob).  Who knew?