Abbie's Growing Up

I was watching Wizards of Waverly Place the other day with the girls and realized that Abbie has a lot of resemblence to Alex. So I took pictures of Abbie today to post... But as I took these pictures and looked at them, I realized, wow, she really is growing up, and then I was trying to figure out who she looks like, and maybe she looks more like my sister, Andi? What do you guys think? She's definitely getting bigger. (First two pictures are Alex from Wizards of Waverly Place, Last two pictures are of Andi and I growing up, probably close to the same age?)

Lizzy

Well, here's a little update on the Lizard now, since so many have been asking... "Do you still have the Lizard?" The answer is of course, Yes. I'll be honest, I've named her, so now I'm growing a little attached. As much as I play that this thing is horrible and yucky... I'll admit I do find a fascination with this lizard, its beautiful colors, and the way that it snaps crickets in half leaving their antennas hanging out its mouth. Don't get me wrong, I think its disgusting, but... its still fascinating. So not only do we still have the lizard, we actually also acquired a sort of Cricket Hospice. I would consider it a hospice only because calling it a hotel would be weird. These crickets often stay there for 1-5 days, their last bit of home before they make their final journey to their "home in the sky" by way of Lizzy's mouth. Brad found out from the guy at Petsmart that if you put a wet papertowel and some crushed up dog food the crickets will live longer, that way you don't have to go to Petsmart every other day, you only have to go once a week. The large crickets are about 10 cents each. It adds up though, so I've supplemented her diet with wild crickets I've found on our floor. I'll bet they were looking for the hospice anyway. Can you believe I've caught 3 crickets in our house? These aren't the cute little buggers I used to catch in the field when i was little, these are the nasty black crunchy ones. SO GROSS! I don't catch them with my bare hands, don't worry, I use a cup and a paper. Those little guys are FAST! So yes, we still have Lizzy... and a cricket hospice. Maybe one of these days I'll get a video of Lizzy eating a cricket so you can enjoy watching with some popcorn :)