A Baby No More...

On December 6, the day of her cousin's birth, Morgan gave up the last true vestige of babyhood. For months we had been preparing her for it, and when it came, she took it like a champ. On this day, she gave up her BeBe (her pacifier). We had told her that when Baby Kole came that she would have to give all of her BeBes to Kole, because only babies used pacifiers. Now it certainly wasn't a totally smooth transition. She asked for it for two nights, and we are still feeling the effects of no soothing tool because she now stays up well past 11:00. But she did it.

As a prize for her becoming a true big girl, and to ensure that she would always have a BeBe in her bed with her, we took her to Build-A-Bear to create a friend with a BeBe heart.

Unfortunately, and shockingly, I left the camera in the car. Thankfully, Patrick's Blackberry has a camera and we were able to remember this moment forever.

She didn't take long to pick out her black bear. She helped stuff her, and placed her BeBe and a very special heart in with her stuffing.

She washed her...

And picked out a Hello Kitty outfit for her to wear, right down to the Hello Kitty panties!

She chose to name her Holly, and in less than 30 minutes, Morgan adopted her.

It was really fun to do this with her, and once in a while when she asks about her BeBe, we remind her that Holly has a BeBe heart and Morgan snuggles in with Holly and falls asleep.

It's so adorable.