We weren't home from vacation an entire week and we were right into celebrating Abby's 12th birthday. The week was a little crazy - I was in the office for training, we had Stella and Lucy over for a few days because Jamie needed summer help, Ryan went to Texas for 2 days...but no matter how crazy life was, we weren't going to forget about Abby's birthday!
I scored a gluten free angel food cake (box mix) special for Abby and while there was a good bit of egg drama (call it 3 dozen eggs to make this one cake) we managed to get together enough to have a cake with candles for her to blow out on her actual birthday. But, the cake was far from the highlight of the day! It was the piggies!
Our beloved hamster, Ash, passed away just a few days before we left on our trip to Acadia. She was the best hamster and she far outlived all of our others. We had her for nearly 18 months and I had a feeling she wouldn't be with us much longer. I was grateful she passed away while we were still home and could bury her the way we wanted to.
Abby was devastated but she knew it was coming and had been talking about if she'd want another pet when Ash died. I wasn't super surprised to hear her start asking about guinea pigs....so I asked her to do some research and create a presentation to tell Ryan and I all about being a guinea pig owner. She immediately jumped into her research and a day or two later she had a full 15-minute slide show to walk us through. (She is adorable!)
So, last weekend we welcomed these two sweet girls into our family. Abby is holding Alice and Hazel has Willow. They are both girls and we got them from a guinea pig rescue in Rockford that Abby found while doing her research. They are still a little shy - but they are getting used to us and Abby is over the moon about them. They both live in a cage in her room and while I loved the ham-rats....these girls are a little bit less nerve wracking (at least so far). They aren't so easy to lose and the are pretty snuggly once you get them out of their cage. I think we're going to like being piggie moms!
And, it wouldn't be a birthday without a custom cake from Auntie. Honestly, these kids don't know how lucky they are to just order up something random and it appears! Abby asked for a Mer-dog this year and I gotta say, I had my doubts, but Auntie delivered yet again.
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