Meet Pepper...

Apparently the Easter Bunny came early to our house...literally.  I don't know how this happened or who's idea this was (DREW), but somehow Andrew is the proud new owner of one adorable little bunny named Pepper!  (Aww...isn't he/she cute!)

Andrew loves his new pet bunny and is very proud of her.  He had really been missing Chiquita (who is in AL at the moment...thanks Mom)...AND we had taken him to the pet store a few times to look at bunnies because he's having his Easter pictures made on Thursday with a live bunny.  We wanted to prepare him for that so he wouldn't be surprised and thus not take a good picture.  Alas, between his reaction to the bunnies at the store and Drew wanting to do something special for him since he'll miss Easter this year, we ended up with Pepper.

She's (or He's) so tiny...for now.  And adorable!  Drew and I both had rabbits growing up so we both know what a pain they can be.  So far, Pepper is pretty great.  She's even taking to litter box training.  That comes in real handy for cleaning out the cage!  We bought a little "play pen" for her so we let her out to run around and play with Andrew.  He enjoys feeding her carrots and yogurt chips.

She really likes playing with him to.  Or maybe she's teasing him because she likes to run circles around him and then jump on him!  He thinks it's fascinating!  I have no idea why he's not wearing pants!

The day after we got Pepper, our neighbor rescued found a bunny in the field behind  our house.  She knew we had Pepper, so she brought it to our house and asked if we wanted to babysit keep it since she has 3 dogs and 2 cats.  Not to mention she was leaving the next day for a month long vacation.  She told me that she had posted signs in the neighborhood, but no one had called.  She wanted him to have a good home and since I can't say no to anyone, we ended up with another bunny...in a cat carrier.  Now this bunny was a full grown Holland Lop; white with brown spots; a real cutie-pie.  But smelly!  We didn't really want another bunny.  We're perfectly happy with Pepper.  We kept it for 4 days, the owner never called so we posted an ad on craigs list: FREE BUNNY to a good home.  Within the hour a family called and viola! bunny had a home. Sweet huh?  Well here's where the story gets good...
Today, the neighbor who found the bunny's husband knocked on the door with the phone number of the TRUE OWNER of the bunny!  Gee Whiz!  They live a few doors down and we have just given away their precious bunny that they've had for a year!  They have a little girl who is very upset.  Drew called her and explained the situation.  We gave them the number of the family who adopted said bunny and hoped for the best.  I was just sick!  All these different scenarios kept going through my mind.  I called the people who adopted bunny and left a message that went something like this: "I am SO sorry!  I feel terrible.  If you decide to give the bunny back to the owners, I'll buy you a new bunny for your trouble!"
I mean, here we are taking in a stray that we don't want and then we give the thing away !  *sigh*
I called the true owner back and she said she explained the whole thing to the adoptive family.   They understood and gave the bunny back.  I just feel sorry for the little 6 year old girl who thought she had a new pet.  They never called me back so I guess I don't need to buy a bunny?