Bob.

This is Bob.

Bob has become part of the family. Previous to our beach trip, I was rummaging through my hope chest through all of his stuffed animals, trying to find one he might become attached to. I was hoping he could have something that reminded him of home on his first big trip...well little did we know not only did Case like it, it became Case's new best friend!

The second I handed this stranger of a stuffed animal to him, he squealed with delight and hugged it! It was as if he already knew him and was wondering where he had been his whole little life! I almost melted right there. I decided to name him Roufus, I thought it was cute and catchy and I could hear us saying "Don't forget Roufus, Case where's Roufus?" for years to come. Well, my darling husband didn't think it was adorable as I did, and it just didn't catch on. We then called him Doggy for a couple of weeks, until Matt came up with the cutest idea! Case babbles all of the time and it mostly it comes out "Ba Ba Ba Bob Bob Bob Bob" ...and so Matt said one day "We should name him Bob because he can already say his name!"

And so, that is how Bob got his name. :) Case knows it too, he truly does. We can say "Where's Bob?" and he will literally stop, look around, crawl as fast as he can to Bob after he has found him and collapse on him and give him big bear (or dog?) hug!

We've been thinking about getting a 'Back up Bob' in case the unthinkable happened, so Mom and I did some research online and she found out they are discontinuing our Bob! He's actually named Jumperjack Puppy from the Jellycat stuffed animal collection, but thankfully Mom found Bob on Amazon...there were only 5 left! She told me today that she's buying our little man 2 just in case! (Thank goodness!!!)

Here are some captured moments with Case and his best bud...