names

their names are officially registered as:

1st born: garnet
2nd born: amethyst
3rd born: aquamarine

it's definitely not the kind of names that you would name a dog. this will keep us in check with how many monaka gives birth...yup, it's by the order of the birthstones. (^^) so, the next one will be named, diamond and so on...

since garnet, amethyst, and aquamarine are all black and all male and look totally the same i had painted my manicure on their nails to tell them apart.

garnet

aquamarine

now that they've grown and are not as fragile, we had put collars on them. it's definitely easier to tell them apart.

garnet (left), amethyst (middle), aquamarine (right): all sound asleep