Chucky Bun Bun!

Meet our newest pet, Chuck. Neither Mickey nor I have any willpower when it comes to animals, so when we saw this bunny at our Farmer's Market it was inevitable that we would get him. We chose this one over the babies because he's full grown (so he won't get any bigger, yay!) and already has a nice mellow personality. The lady says he's a mini satin. We actually walked away at first, made it almost all the way across the park, then in sync turned around and went back. We're hopeless. :) He loves exploring the house and being held, but he's not too fond of the 'catching' part to go back in his cage. I built him a little play pen that we can use inside or out, so that will make it easier to catch him and we won't have to worry about our cords. Kayin likes to follow him around, and Kareli is obsessed with him; she's always watching him in his cage, and gets frantic to pet him when he's on our laps. Luckily his fur is so short and dense (and like silk, so soft!) that she can't get a handful of it. We really don't like the name 'chuck', but it's what's tattooed inside his ear. Kayin calls him Bun Bun. I call him Chucky bun bun (go ahead and say it, it's fun.) :-) When we let him and the rats out at the same time they keep startling eachother by running out from under the tv stand; you should see Chuck jump! It's hilarious. Other times they'll get really close and sniff noses. It's fun to have a new animal in the house. I like that he's big enough to hold and pet like a cat, but we can put him back in the cage when we're done like a rat. Good combination. :-)

Kareli loves touching his fur

This is why we don't let Kareli hold him unsupervised: most bunnies don't like head locks and getting their ears chewed off.

Unrelated to the rabbit update, Kayin is impossible to keep covered up at night. Even when we tuck the covers in he still wiggles out. Oddly, he sleeps really still when he's in bed with us. He doesn't toss or turn at all, as long as he can tuck his feet inbetween our legs and wrap his arms around or under us. He's a wonderful snuggler. When he's in his bed I have to check him and tuck him back in every time I get up to nurse Kareli.

Kareli's First Dinner

Kareli has finally started eating baby food. She's been practically attacking us to get our food, so we decided to give it a shot, though she's not quite 6 months. She loved it! Yay! Maybe I'll have a kid who eats more than peanut butter sandwiches and cereal!

I actually have two really adorable videos of her eating, but they're just barely too big to put on here. Help me Travis!
Till then, here are some other pictures, just because I like them. :-)

Last week we went up to Tri-cities to spend the night, since I had a doctor's appointment early the next morning. In the morning we had just gotten on the freeway were only minutes away from the doctor's office when our transmission gave out. :( Luckily we were right next to a Petsmart, so wonderful Mickey stayed to wait for the towtruck, while the kids and I hung out for two hours looking at animals, over, and over, and over, and over again. :) It kept us entertained at least. Of course, you know me, so now I want a $300 bird, several rats, a chinchilla, baby ferrets, and snakes. Mickey said no, for some reason. :( Never leave me in a pet shop! So Mickey got the car towed, then had to get a cab to go rent a car, which we still have because the car is STILL getting fixed (it's been a week). This was one expensive trip. And I never made it to my appointment! :) We had fun though. What a blessing that it didn't go out on the way home, in the middle of nowhere. Can you imagine that with two kids? Ahhh! Besides, this way we had the fun of shocking the neighbors by showing up in a brand new PT Cruiser, with only 300 miles on it when we got it (the only one the rental agency had that could fit us). They came out cheering for us. :) It was really funny. We're going to try to squeeze a couple more years out of our Blazer though, then we'll upgrade to a van. We'll see how it goes. This reminded me of Travis' story though; we debated on just scrapping it then and there and getting a new van instead of renting a car. We're still paying on it though, so we'd like to be done with that BEFORE getting a new loan. I know, we're nuts. :) Loans are good, right?? Free money! Anyway, it was actually a really fun trip. Thank goodness for positive attitudes all the way around. Oh, the only problem I have now is that Mickey was proven right; isn't that annoying? I'd been insisting I could make this trip alone with the kids so he wouldn't have to miss work, or that I could leave the kids with him and just run straight up and back, because nothing EVER happens, right? But he'd insisted on coming, no way would he let me go alone, you never know what could happen. And of course he was right! He'll never let me live it down. :-) Thank goodness he was there! Can you imagine me alone with 2 kids, waiting on the freeway for a towtruck? Ahh! So it all turned out well, we had fun, and it's a nice memory. And I got to go to a pet store! Yay! Love you all!