Henry and Ribsy

Henry has never really been attached to any one thing, with the exception of a paci, since the day he was born. He had a lot of great stuffed toys and little loveys that we hoped he would use to self soothe, but he never really cared for them. Thankfully, he was a pretty easy baby! But then one day during a Daddy-Henro shopping trip to Ikea Henry found a new friend. We've been reading Henry Huggins a few pages at a time to Henry for a little while now and all decided this dog should be called Ribsy like in the story. I thought for sure that the novelty of Ribs would have worn off by now, but apparently this particular thing is sticking around. Which is completely fine. We all know I love a good stuffed animal (hello Katy!). The only thing is, Ribsy is HUGE! He's as big as Henry is! We started using him as a bumper to make sure Henry didn't roll of the bed and the two of them are the same length. At first Ribs just stayed in Henry's bed and waited there for him, but now as Henry becomes more attached he goes most places with us. Henry even knows that the rule is he can't have toys on the stairs so he stands at the top of our staircase and throws Ribs over the railing onto a bench in the foyer! Rob says that should be proof we should hold off on having a brother or sister any time soon :) So anyway, family meet Ribsy.

This is what you see all the time now. Henry lays on him on the couch or sits him up to watch tv.

The good part about Ribs being so big is that we never lose him!

Below are just a couple of pictures we took at an orchard last week when I went to take our friend Mary's maternity pictures. (www.kaseycaruthers.wordpress.com)

This is the face I get now when Henry sees my camera. He says 'cheese.' but you can tell he's not really into it!