David's Daily Diversions

New Member of the Family

Today Aidan got his first pet. We are still trying to think of a good name for her, so for now we just refer to her as Aidie does and call her "Bubby". He calls her this because no matter how had I try, I can't seem to get him to say "bunny". He can say "Bu" and "Nee", but he just can't put them together.

Traditionally in our family, pets need to to be named after saints, Old Testament, New Testament, or otherwise. The great exception was Humphrey the hamster, but he just looked like a Humphrey, so I don't think we really had any choice.

I had wanted to get a bunny for some time, but Mrs H wasn't keen on the idea. Then for some reason totally unbeknownst to me, she sudden decided that Aidie should have a rabbit. We had hoped to get one free from my mother-in-law's place of employment, but we found out they were only newborns and wouldn't be available for weeks. So it was off to the pet store. Aidie liked all of them and Mrs H didn't care which one, so it was left for me to decide. I think Bubby was the prettiest of the bunch.