Our New Family Pet

We lost our wonderful pet, Popcorn the Fish, to Hurricane Gustav. He was a wonderful fish! He would chase his reflection around his bowl 24 hours a day and would try to eat his air bubbles as though they were food. Crazy Popcorn, you will be missed!



So, we needed to find a replacement pet. We thought it would be fun to try something new and exciting. A tad more difficult than a fish. We figured that living in Louisiana gives us a great opportunity to try something we would never have a chance to have as a pet anywhere else in the world.

A pet alligator! Here is our new friend about to take a bath with William. Babies have no teeth so he will try to bite you (it is way too ingrained in their brains or something) but it won't hurt. He'll even try to "death roll" your finger. What a great pet!

We let him swim around in the sink, too. That is William's hand in the picture trying to pick up the gator. We haven't come up with a good name yet, but Chomper, Bitey, and Justin are all in the running.