2 superheroes & a princess: our Hippo

As Evan likes to tell everyone he sees, our Hippo went to go play at the playground with Jesus and God yesterday. Evan also thinks Grandma Connie is taking care of her and he says she doesn't bite now that she is in Heaven ;) {I wouldn't say Hippo was aggressive, she was just turning into an old lady and wanted to be left alone so when Evan wanted to try to carry her around like a baby she would often nip at him}. Poor little Evan is our pet lover and after her incident with a car yesterday and the veterinarian telling us that there was nothing they could do, he took it the hardest. He asked me 101 different questions about Hippo, Heaven, and people dying. Evan is better now after settling on the fact that we will get a new puppy soon and knowing he will see Hippo later in Heaven. Ellie still doesn't quite understand and is still asking where Hippo is. Avery keeps his emotions bottled up inside, but he is not really our "pet" lover...he LOVES animals, just not so much normal pets like dogs and cats. However, my kiddos don't know a life without Hippo and it will take some getting used to. I am glad that she got to live and long and healthy life with us and that we were all able to say good-bye to her yesterday. Here's a little look at our life with Hippo:

Baby Hippo {everyone asked why we would name such a little, girl dog Hippo...don't ask me Ryan came up with that one ;)}