Hammy

Two years ago my sister bought Madison a hamster for her birthday. At first I was a little angry because she didn't even ask us first. But I realized she just felt bad that the only animal Madi had ever had was a goldfish....many many goldfish. So we got over it. Fell in love with the little guy. Over the time we've had him he's gotton so big that he out grew 2 cages! He liked to eat. So we knew something was wrong when he stopped eating. He was acting really funny. So of couse I looked his "symptoms"  up on the internet and found out that he was dying of old age. Unbelievable! Two years...really? I guess if I had only two years to live I'd eat a lot too! So April this year Hammy passed away. I came home from work on a wednesday afternoon and there he was. I hurried up and put him in an old oshkosh shoe box before Madi came home. She had been crying for weeks just knowing that it could be any day. When she got off the school bus I told her and she actually handled it pretty well. She said "That's okay mom. I want Hammy to go to that place in heaven you were telling me about. And have a wife and little Hammy babies. He'll be much happier." I was so relieved. She wanted pictures to remember this day. So here are some pictures from Hammy's funeral.

RIP Hammy