Baby's Friend

Drew's friend "Baby" has some competition. Meet "Baby".

That's right, his Prayer Bear is facing some competition from the other "baby", the precious moments doll. It's really quite adorable to see him cuddle with his two friends.

They both say prayers and I think he loves the fact that the toys talk to him. He's really cuddling them at night, and they both came to day care with him last week. Of course he walked in the door at Ms. Stephanie's and he tossed them aside for the much more appealing toys at her house.

But really it's interesting to see him interact with them, giving them hugs and kisses and talking to them. He's really starting to get quite the imagination.

Dodger Dog has made a comeback though - his longtime favorite friend. We'll see if we can capture that reunion one of these days.

***illness update... Fever appears to be breaking this morning... however he needs to be fever free for 24 hours to go back to day care. Dave & I are taking turns staying home with him and adjusting our work schedules accordingly. It was a rough evening last night, fever was still in the 101.5 range, but he seemed to be having a harder time with it. Not to mention he's having trouble sleeping (up this morning at 4:30am) and eating... Poor thing.

Introducing "Baby"

Let's introduce you to Drew's new friend - Baby. That's right the Prayer Bear that Drew's clinging to in his crib, is who he calls "Baby".

Gone are the days of Dodger Dog - mostly because Drew hasn't spotted him in his collection of toys. Right now Drew loves toys that talk to him when he squeezes or hugs them. Prayer Bear - a.k.a. Baby - says 4 separate prayers when you squeeze his paws.

Baby came to us as a gift from a member of our congregation when Drew was Baptized about a year-and-a-half ago. He's always been a hit, but only recently has he become quite the lovey. In fact he had to make the weekend trip to Grammy & GrampC's. I'm told he brought some giggles in the car ride from our house to theirs.

For the record, yes Drew named him Baby. He's very into naming things lately. In fact we have a school bus puzzle that was handed down to us - and one of the pieces has a blond boy sitting at the bus window. Drew has named him Ernie. He brings us the puzzle piece and says Ernie - every time.

Since then we've named the piece with a girl in it Jill - and the little African American boy has had names Bill & Fred. But nothing's stuck there. Not the way our little Ernie or Baby have stuck.