Baby Girl

"A true friend leaves paw prints on your heart."

Our Dear Ritter. If you leave a stuffed animal where he can reach it, he will pick it up and bring it to his dog bed. If given long enough, he will begin chewing it and eventually, you will no longer have a stuffed animal.

This could have been the story of Abigail's "Baby Girl" except we found her halfway through her Ritter-chewing. Kari was there, and as Abigail cried, Kari, who is incredibly artistic and "handy" with sewing, told Abigail she would fix "Baby Girl." 

A week later, and here she is. With a little help from Kari's mom (our Aunt Hannah) and she's truly as good as new. I told Abigail that while she has some patches, we will always look at her and remember Ritter -- long after he is gone. The patches have actually created a stuffed animal that will be very difficult to get rid of.

Wendi