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Daphne with all three of her "guys"

I just had to document Daphne's obsession with her "guys".  It began when she was about 4 months old and we weened her of her binky.  She began sleeping with a pink zebra blankie from Angel Dear that Chelsea sent when she was born.  I didn't think much of it until a few months later I noticed she was sucking on the corner of the blankie in order to fall asleep, causing the corners to get brown, crusty and nasty.  We decided we needed a back-up so we could have one blankie in the wash while the other was being loved on.  For Daphne's birthday we ordered her the little cow blankie, but it seemed that no matter how often we did laundry, the blankies were always a stinky mess.  Shortly after Cassie gave us a pink giraffe that Millie wasn't attached to in order to help our cause!  So now we have not one, but three little blankies that this little girl is completely attached to.  

Grandpa, Daphne and...you guessed it...Guy.

Whenever we would be looking for one of the blankies we would say something like, "Let's go find your guy, Daphne."  About two months ago we about died laughing when we heard Daphne calling from her crib, "Guy! Guy! Guy!" and came in to find the zebra had fallen out of bed and she was straining through the bars to try and reach him.  All three are now lovingly called guy and you can hear her calling for them several times a day.

5 AM pickle with Guy.  Pickles sound good to Daph no matter the time of day!

So now whenever she is going down to sleep, when she needs a little extra comfort in the car, or when she bonks her head, it is always Guy who she asks for.  I realized I had to document this when I was organizing pictures and realized there were dozens of pictures where one of her guys makes an appearance!  

It totally reminds me of one of my favorite children's books, "Owen" by Kevin Henkes where the little mouse is getting ready to go to school, but still takes his blankie everywhere.  I hope we don't run into this problem in a few years!