Eli's New Favorite Toy

A couple of days ago we received a package from Grandpa and Grandma. It included some curtains for Eli's room, a GREAT baseball blanket, and three beanie babies, one for each 'Florida' grandchild. I was playing with Eli, and put the three beanie babies in front of him and 'asked' him which one he wanted. It was amazing! He looked right at one particular dog! I thought it was probably just the one in the center, so I moved it away, and his eyes followed it. I tried to get him to look at the other two dogs, but he wouldn't have it. He wanted his dog back, so there was no question which one he chose :) He loves his dog. He smiles really big when he sees it, and likes it when it dances to Mozart (which he seems to do quite often...) He will hold it and hug it, but more than hugging, he seems to like to lick it. Here he is trying to put the dogs nose in his mouth...he likes to chew (or rather, gum...) the dog.

Here he is just huggin' his new friend (and getting sleepy while doing it). Here's hoping he enjoys this dog, because that is as close to owning a real dog as he will probably ever get :)