Funeral service for our dwarf hamster named Elizabeth (or Lizzie)

Doesn't this look like a fun cage?

Our dwarf hamster just died this weekend, and we feel totally clueless as to why? It just must have been her time to go. She had plenty of love, food, and water. The kids wanted to bury her outside next to the garden. When we buried her they put this little stick in the ground and then marked it with a bigger stake. They are thinking about making a sign for a real grave, so cute. Kemp kind of ruined the mourning for our pet by saying, "maybe if Naomi (our other hamster) also dies then we can finally get a dog". Hopefully he isn't outgrowing his sensitive side!

Bubby-boy 9 months

We call Christian bubby-boy and it actually started with us saying chubby-bubby, but I don't think he would appreciate chubby for a nickname. He has changed so much this past month it's insane!!

• The weekend of the 4th he started crawling and 2 weeks later he was already pulling up and standing by the furniture, he also crawls up the stairs-AH!
• Christian has SEVEN teeth, no lie. Four on top and three on the bottom. With his teething comes runny noses, fevers, and no sleep. Yes, most of July I have not slept.
• He likes to rock out to music. Beyonce's Single Ladies is one of his favs, he bobs back and forth.
• He LOVES boat rides on Bear Lake.
• He is obsessed with the hamsters now. He always tries to pull down their cages. In fact the Elders were over for dinner and he pulled off the wheel and luckily one of the elders grabbed it in time or we would have had yet another hamster escape, geez-louise!
• He loves pat-a-cake and peek-a-boo. He pulls the blanket off so fast we can barely say peek-a-boo, he thinks it is pretty funny.
• His favorite sounds are "dis", ba, da, ma, ya, ah, na, and la.
• He is loving snack foods now, some favs are cheese, pretzels, little puffs, bananas, graham crackers, and grapes. Grandma peels a whole plum and gives it to him and he goes to town on it.
• He loves nursing- he still gets up to nurse in the middle of the night, but hey whatever works so I can get some sleep!
• He likes to play Daddy's guitar!