Some Call It Love

She called it 'Bop' for a week when she was six months old, and the name stuck. Since then we've lived in a very minor 'fear' of losing our precious, thumb-sucking inducing, dearly beloved and discontinued sleep buddy. Bop has been showing signs of Lillian's preference for quite a while and we were finally able to locate (yeah eBay!) a replica. Lillian gave the impostor a thorough inspection, shaking him, tickling her face with his ear, and even testing out the horn that she likes to stick in her nose. He was quickly traded for the original who sports fuzz-less horns and a missing nostril. While initially referring to newbie as 'giraffe' she has come around to calling him 'New Bop' but only time will tell if he proves to be a valuable purchase or simply a keep-sake for her memory box of precious days gone by...