Friday, October 16, 2009

Surprise!



Actually, three surprises.

The first happened on Erica's birthday. Audrey and Rachel secretly rescued an adorable young guinea pig from the Humane Society. Audrey plopped the pig into a shoebox, swathed the box in wrapping paper and then poked a few discreet holes for air. You might say Erica was unsuspecting.

This photo was not staged.

Erica named her new friend Hallie. Hallie lived by herself in her cage in Erica's room until one day Erica got a second surprise:

Hallie had been with us a little over two months, the gestation period for guineas. The only clue was that she had put on a little weight, but then she was barely adolescent when Erica got her, so that really wasn't much of a hint. And we don't have a male guinea pig.

I'm not saying it was immaculate conception; just that Hallie must have been only barely pregnant when she showed up on Erica's birthday.

The third surprise is that I can remember my blogger password to make a post about it.