Well it's big news for us, we finally have a pet. For Emery's 8th birthday she asked for a hamster and after much thinking about this situtation. We decided that would be fine. I have to tell you about the day we finally got the hamster because it was a little funny. On the day of her birthday I thought while she was at school I will go with the little ones and pick out the cage and set it up before she gets home. Oh I should note she wasn't sure still if she was getting one actually on her birthday. I got home put the kids down for naps and than started to assemble the cage, only to discover
it was BROKEN!!! I was a little upset, going anywhere can be a chore with Cambree especially. So now I'm thinking ok there went the surprise, now I have to box this back up and take it back to the store. So Emery got home from school and I broke the news to her, but reassured her we would go after dinner and get everything. She was so excited, all of the kids were. So I headed back out to Petco and picked out another cage and than someone came over to assist with picking out a hamster. The first guy that was helping us, hated hamsters, he didn't really have anything nice to say about them at all. He was sort of putting a damper on the moment. He took out a hamster and put in the container and so I thought I would try and pet the hamster, of course it turned and bit my little finger. It hurt too! Of course now I'm bleeding and having second thoughts about this. I'm looking at Emery's face and she was a little concerned but still wanted to get one. We started to wonder if maybe a female might be better than a male....maybe this was a stalling tactic on my part. I brought this up to Emery and told her we would have to wait until next week to get a female because they were out of them that night. At this point she was starting to worry and almost looked like she was going to start crying. We 
ended up leaving the store without the hamster and it was not a good feeling. She was devastated and I was really sad. I know you are probably wondering why we left, but the other kids were starting to lose it, etc, etc. You get the picture right. Well loaded up in the cars and started to drive home (it was very quiet) and all of a sudden I just got this strong feeling that I should not go home without a hamster. I could not stand the thought of letting her down, I knew I wouldn't sleep either. So it was off back to the store. We picked out a male hamster bought the cage and headed home. Emery and Kelci were both so excited, I don't think they stopped talking all the way home. When we got home we had to still assemble the cage. Meanwhile out new little friend was starting to eat his way out of the box he was in. The box was inside a bag so Bryan ties a not at the top of the bag to keep him from getting loose. Sure enough about 2 minutes later he was out of the box. We are still rushing to get the cage assembled, Brody is crying for fo
od in the highchair, Cambree is helping herself to the Carl's Jr. we picked up on the way home, things are a little crazy. All of a sudden we heard a thump and looked and the hamster fell off the counter and hit the floor. Everything stopped, everyone was looking at the box. I'm thinking oh great all this and now he is dead!!! Pretty soon he started to move and we picked him up and finally loaded him into his new home. Wow....what a way to bring a new pet into the family. It's been a week and he is still alive and ticking!!! Cambree is so cute, the other day, the hamster woke up. She ran over to the cage and said, Cubby are you wake? You want a snack, you want to watch a show? All this in her little squeaky voice. It was very cute. Oh and yes the hamtsers name is Cubby, which has it's own story as-well. Thanks for reading this long story. ;)
it was BROKEN!!! I was a little upset, going anywhere can be a chore with Cambree especially. So now I'm thinking ok there went the surprise, now I have to box this back up and take it back to the store. So Emery got home from school and I broke the news to her, but reassured her we would go after dinner and get everything. She was so excited, all of the kids were. So I headed back out to Petco and picked out another cage and than someone came over to assist with picking out a hamster. The first guy that was helping us, hated hamsters, he didn't really have anything nice to say about them at all. He was sort of putting a damper on the moment. He took out a hamster and put in the container and so I thought I would try and pet the hamster, of course it turned and bit my little finger. It hurt too! Of course now I'm bleeding and having second thoughts about this. I'm looking at Emery's face and she was a little concerned but still wanted to get one. We started to wonder if maybe a female might be better than a male....maybe this was a stalling tactic on my part. I brought this up to Emery and told her we would have to wait until next week to get a female because they were out of them that night. At this point she was starting to worry and almost looked like she was going to start crying. We 
ended up leaving the store without the hamster and it was not a good feeling. She was devastated and I was really sad. I know you are probably wondering why we left, but the other kids were starting to lose it, etc, etc. You get the picture right. Well loaded up in the cars and started to drive home (it was very quiet) and all of a sudden I just got this strong feeling that I should not go home without a hamster. I could not stand the thought of letting her down, I knew I wouldn't sleep either. So it was off back to the store. We picked out a male hamster bought the cage and headed home. Emery and Kelci were both so excited, I don't think they stopped talking all the way home. When we got home we had to still assemble the cage. Meanwhile out new little friend was starting to eat his way out of the box he was in. The box was inside a bag so Bryan ties a not at the top of the bag to keep him from getting loose. Sure enough about 2 minutes later he was out of the box. We are still rushing to get the cage assembled, Brody is crying for fo
od in the highchair, Cambree is helping herself to the Carl's Jr. we picked up on the way home, things are a little crazy. All of a sudden we heard a thump and looked and the hamster fell off the counter and hit the floor. Everything stopped, everyone was looking at the box. I'm thinking oh great all this and now he is dead!!! Pretty soon he started to move and we picked him up and finally loaded him into his new home. Wow....what a way to bring a new pet into the family. It's been a week and he is still alive and ticking!!! Cambree is so cute, the other day, the hamster woke up. She ran over to the cage and said, Cubby are you wake? You want a snack, you want to watch a show? All this in her little squeaky voice. It was very cute. Oh and yes the hamtsers name is Cubby, which has it's own story as-well. Thanks for reading this long story. ;)
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