Anyone who has visited our house has met “The Babies”. These little guys (they are giraffes…though it’s hard to tell) are what Nadia needs at bedtime and naptime. Eddie and Kim gave the yellow one to us before we left for China and it was the toy I gave her in the Gotcha Day video shortly after we met her. She grew to love it and always wanted her “baby” at bedtime, and I therefore thought we should get another one in case it was lost. Well…you guessed it, they didn’t have anymore. Months later Target had it again in Green.
So we bought the green one and introduced it to Nadia for her to be used to seeing it, since it wasn’t exactly like the yellow one. Then, “baby” became “babies” and she had to have BOTH all the time. So we got ANOTHER green one and it’s hidden in the closet in case one of them gets lost or damaged.
So here is the Thankful part. I am thankful that our sweet girl wants to take care of her babies (and all her other stuffed animals) like we take care of her. When leaving to go Christmas shopping the other night she told me that the babies needed to take a nap on momma’s side of the bed. It’s cute that she sees them as hers to take care of. So I had to snap a photo.
Oh, and one little sidenote…she calls them “Yellow Baby” and “Green Baby” and does treat them slightly differently in a number of ways. For example, sometimes she will pretend she is taking a nap and wants you to pretend too. But of course that means you also need a baby. So, she will give you the yellow one to use, but she must always have the green one…you DON’T get to borrow that one.
