A Little about La-La

The post that follows is about a stuffed animal. We usually do not have such a great affinity for polyfilled furry friends (nor do we blog about them), but this is a special case. Our older two boys loved their pacifiers. Grant much preferred a fuzzy lion and his thumb. Here's the story of La-La...

For quite some time, Grant's very favorite toy was this stuffed lion named La-La. (When he was first learning to speak, he couldn't say "lion" so he called him La-La.) The joy that this little lion brought to our little Grant was beyond heartwarming, and they were inseparable. La-La usually just stayed around the house and didn't venture out much unless we traveled somewhere special.

 Grant & La-La enjoy the

beautiful view in Maui!

When La-La was new, 

he had a fluffy yellow coat!

But with time (and MANY washes)

he faded, but Grant's love for him did not.

For you see, La-La was Grant's sidekick.

He was there for playtime and naptime

and every fun moment in between.

(And how could this be a 

comfortable way to sleep?!)

We knew there would come a day when La-La would need to disappear. While Grant and La-La made quite the dynamic duo, Grant also sucked his thumb whenever he had La-La with him. Sometimes good friends can be bad influences, right? And sometimes Grant was a little too dependent and attached to his lion (read: tantrums ensued if we couldn't find La-La fast enough!) So after our Christmas trip to Kansas, La-La made a quiet exit to the boys' memento bin, and Grant learned to go on with daily life with a little more confidence on his own as a big boy. He still sucks his thumb on occasion when he's really tired, but the sassy fits of Terrible Twos are a little better now. 

As Grant celebrates Birthday #2, we wanted to take a moment to remember this phase and this furry friend who was such a big part of G's early days!