What's in a name?

Yes, be amazed, this is my 2nd blog post, in the SAME DAY! Ok, so maybe that would be over posting? However, I feel that I have so much to share I want to get it all out there at once...I will try to spare you and spread it out over the next couple of days or so (that is, if I can remember that I a.) have a blog b.) how to log into it and c.) that I actually have stuff to share).

So I'm sure you are wondering (as I would be) why theHopkins4, I mean we just got married so isn't there only 2 of you? (or there are those whisperings of oooh they had kids before they were married, or oooh they're expecting twins etc etc) Let me put those whisperings to rest, no we do not have any children of the human kind, nor are we expecting any or trying for any right now. However, we do have 2 (in my opinion) very adorable furry babies. And believe me, I do mean FURRY! Coal is our old man dog as I like to call him (he will be 11 in December!) Coal is a German Shepard/Lab mix that I acquired when I married my husband. He has been Eric's right hand dog so to speak for the last 6 years or so. He is all black and sheds a lot! Coal can also be quite clumsy, I don't think he realizes how big he is (90+ lbs) or that his tail is killer! (Ok so the tail hasn't actually killed anyone or anything, but it has knocked over and destroyed what we refer to as C3PO (our stand up fan thing) and it has smacked vicously across the face/body of the next adorable fuzzy thing I will introduce you to). Which brings us to the baby of the family. Her full name is Sassafras (but we rarely if ever call her that), she goes by Sassy (which most definitely fits her personality!). However, she doesn't know her name (that could be my fault...I have been known to call her many many different names, baby, sassypants, fussybritches, and whineybritches to name a few). She is my 7.5 lbs of fluff kitty, who turned 1 in May (ok thats when i dubbed her birthday...we really don't know, she was adopted in Novemeber as a birthday present for me, prior to this she had been left at a high kill shelter, so we could only guess her age) Her favorite "toys" are twist ties, milk carton rings, random string, and of course daddy's clothes! She is your typical cat and your typical girl, she only wants to be loved on when she wants it, and don't even think about it if you want to love on her....She also is a fan of walking on us in the middle of the night for lovin. But I wouldn't trade either of them for the world. And I apologize ahead of time for the over abundance of pictures that will probably be posted of the 2 of them :)