Meet Hammy

    Yesterday was a very exciting day for us, for Connor especially. He renamed January 27 as Hamster Day because it was the day he finally got to pick out his new hamster. Aaron and I decided we would get him one because he has been begging for one since his fish died a few months ago {R.I.P. Blue Rock}. We though it would be good for him and teach him responsibility. We talked to him about it on Wednesday night after dinner, and he was overjoyed. On Thursday I took him to the library and we checked out five books about hamsters and read them over the next few days. While he was in school on Thursday and Friday, I scoped out a few places for us to visit on Saturday. I wanted to have a general idea of what each pet store had so I knew where we needed to get what. We planned on visiting three pet stores before letting him decide on one, but we ended up only going to two because PetSmart had a really good selection and I knew Petco didn't.  Plus he fell in love with Hammy, his new long haired Syrian hamster.

 Looking at Hammy.

 Hammy and her sister in their home.

 My happy boy!

 All Hammy's stuff, not shown is her bigger cage being mailed to us.

     We tried to leave her alone the rest of the afternoon/evening, but it was hard because Connor wanted to check on her all the time. He wanted to rearrange her treats and chew sticks constantly. I can't blame him, he was so excited. We put her cage in his room when it was time for him to sleep because she is his responsibility. ;)

      This morning I woke up to Connor begging to give her a treat. He was still so excited to have his own hamster. We let her roam around our downstairs in her ball. She seemed to like it and Connor loved watching her. We were going to put her back in her cage, but I wanted one picture of her face, so I told Aaron to hold her still in the ball. She started to climb out and Aaron held her. Then Connor did, and so did I. It was unplanned and not how I expected it to go. I thought he would hold her for the first time in our bathtub in case she got loose and once she was used to us, but instead we did it on our ivory couch. Thank goodness it didn't get dirty! She was really fast and soft, and thankfully didn't bite us! We put her back in her cage shortly after so she could rest.

    He loves her! Get ready for a lot more pictures of these two.

XOXO,

Jenn