friends

dottie started sleeping with one "friend", her "old piggy", many moons ago, and the number has gone slowly gone up. i think i have mentioned before that she is a collector and this shows just how true that is. she almost does a roll call before going to bed and makes us retrieve any missing items before happily going to bed.

currently she goes to bed with the following friends in her bed:
3 pigggies (2 "new piggies' and the top ranking friend of the group, "old piggy")
2 monkeys
1 owl named "hoots'
"big pig" the large stuffed animal
penguino the penguin puppet
tacky the penguin (a new addition from her grandma in milwaukee)
puppy (another new addition from grandma and grandpa)
3 little plastic figures of: dora, buzz lightyear, woody, and a finger monster who all usually sleep inside of penguino the puppet
and 3 blankets

it's hard to believe there is still room for her but she still sleeps soundly and for about 12 hour a night and 2-3 hours during the day. i am thinking we don't want to rock the boat by saying goodbye to any friends...