Penelope

Funniest picture(minus the eye boogies, sorry)

It seems I have some serious catching up to do..... Sigh. Oh well. So I never really planned on getting an animal until my kids were a few years older and could help out some. (Kevin's snake, Daisy, does not count; seeing as she lives where I don't see her and every time I do see her, I secretly hope she is no longer living) But I worried that it would be hard on me to get an animal when I was sooooo incredibly sick during the first trimester of my pregnancy. I honestly don't know how I am going to fare taking care of Henry if I am that sick again, but I'm sure we will live. And eat frozen pizza for 2 months straight, but we'll live. So I worried that we would get an animal and then I would get pregnant or be so busy with a new baby and other children running around, that I would not be able to devote the time needed to take care of another living thing. (Kevin takes care of the plants around here) I have always known I've wanted animals for my kids to grow up with and assumed we'd get a dog first and then I'd have to convince my husband down the road to agree on getting a potbelly pig. But it turns out that it was the opposite with Kevin. He did not want a dog, and he said if we were to get a dog, it wouldn't  be allowed in the house. Because they shed and get on your stuff, etc. But in my opinion, if you are going to have a dog, it has to be an indoor dog. I would feel bad if the dog was never allowed in the house. Insert the potbelly pig.... For the longest time I have wanted a pet pig. I always said one day I would have a pet pig. I surely didn't think it would be this soon, nor that my husband would be on board with it! We discussed getting an animal and he said no to a dog. (We'll get a dog one day, even if he doesn't know it yet) And I mentioned how I have always wanted a pet pig. And he said that would be cool! I couldn't believe it. So I did my research on all things piggy and I found a breeder in South Carolina. I contacted her and she seemed like a great person to get our piggie from. We decided our lives can only get more hectic from here on out, so we might as well take the big step into owning an animal while we had some time. I think I contacted the breeder about getting a pig and she said she had a litter to be delivered in just a few weeks or another a couple months away. I guess we figured I would be way too busy with a new baby to add another mouth to feed, so we decided to get her before Henry came. The breeder emailed us a few pictures and then before you know it, it was time to pick her up! I drove(yes me, 35 week pregnant me) all the way to South Carolina and back. That was like a 20 hour road trip that we did in 26 hours. I still don't know how I accomplished that. Thanks to our friends, the James', we were able to crash at their house for a few hours and didn't have to get a hotel or sleep in the car. (Well, Kevin slept in the car, but you know what I mean.) Plus, it was just nice to see some familiar Utah faces!!! And that is the story as to how we became the parents to a noisy little potbelly pig named Penelope!

On our way home!