better than a dog...

As our final, and most exciting, Christmas present from my family, J and I got 2 red-eared slider turtles. We haven't been able to think of cute names for them yet. I call one this one Little Dude. I tried to catch him to come out for a picture, but he keeps diving into the water as soon as I get close to him. We aren't sure that he's really a dude, but supposedly the males have more detailed design on their shells and are normally smaller. They have both been really hyper the past couple of days.

This one doesn't even have a temporary name, I am still calling her The Girl One or Chica. She isn't so scared and will let me pick her up, but when I tried to set her down for a picture she started running like crazy. At least this way you can get an idea of how big they are. She's a little bit bigger and her shell is more blue-ish than Little Dude's. She likes to swim where the filter makes a little fountain/current in the water, but she's so small that it pushes her toward the bottom of the tank. It's so cute! I'll try to get some better pictures tonight. Maybe later they won't be so sketchy. If anyone has some great ideas for names, please post a comment!!