I drove to their foster mom's house this morning with my thrift-store-find pet carrier. A couple signatures and a check later, I lugged them to my car and murmured sweet nothings to them as I drove home.

They've been here for most of the day and have settled in pretty well. I've exposed them to the main room of the basement and my bedroom; that's plenty for now. I have lots of toys for them and super-nice food, so they should be feeling pretty loved. I've discovered that Sassy likes to dig in the water bowl, which is cute for now but will be annoying later.

Oh. Their names.

I adopted a sibling pair: a sister and a brother. The sister's name is Sassafras, or Sassy for short. The brother's name is Tupelo. Both are named after trees native to this area, because I'm a huge nerd and I'm into native flora.

I ordered engraved name tags for them today, so their names are totally official. As are their places in my heart.

Sassafras:




Tupelo:




Together:


Adorable, right? I'm so in love.