Owl

During a recent shopping trip, my mom told me that she was interested in taking Baylor to Build-A-Bear. I didn't see the harm in it, so we decided to check it out. The store was a bit busy, but once we got to the wall of animals he didn't seem to notice. Mom asked what I thought he should have, and I said that one of the two (a dog or a bear) with shorter fur would probably be best because then he wouldn't try to pull the fur out with his teeth. Little B wasn't at all interested in either animal though. Then, we came upon the owl. Ahh, the owl. It was love at first sight, and Baylor took to him immediately, hugging the little empty shell of a stuffed animal. Though it had pretty much the longest fur of any of the animals, he loved it so much I couldn't say no and we wheeled over to the line to get Owl stuffed.

It did not go well, to say the least.

The instant we took Owl away, though promising to give him back, Baylor went ballistic. Clinging to Aunt Christine, he was horrified as the salesperson shoved the metal stuffing tube into Owl's back and started poking around to fill him.



Then she stopped the noisy filling machine and started sewing him up ... and the sobbing continued.

Finally, my traumatized little guy was reunited with his furry friend.

We didn't even bother to buy Owl any clothes because Baylor didn't care and wouldn't give him up to be dressed. The clerk even had to walk around and pull the tag off of him so she could scan it because Baylor was clinging onto him so tightly.

As we walked out of the store, Little B fell into a sort of exhausted lull, snuggling with his Owl.

After a minute or two, he snapped out of it and started exploring Owl's face. "Eye." "No." (Nose.)

And then, well he was just the happiest boy on Earth!

Kiddo loves his new stuffed animal SO much! Though at first I wanted to name him Hootie, we decided to just call him Owl because Baylor can actually say it. And say it he does ... in the two days he has been in our family, Owl has pretty much gone everywhere with us. Every time Baylor sees him, he breaks out into a huge grin and runs for him. It's adorable, to say the least.