A Boy and His Dog(s)

We have a fifth member of the family who accompanies us everywhere. He is Collin's best friend Doggie (or Doggy depending on who you ask). Over the last year, Doggie has been Collin's constant companion. Wherever Collin went, Doggie came along tucked under his arm.

Doggie does everything Collin does:

Swinging at the park

Playing at the playground

Chilling on Grandpa's sailboat

Climbing the slide

Caroling in the Christmas parade

Freezing on a hayride

Meeting baby sister

Sliding at BouncU

Riding in the bike trailer

After Doggie spends his days enjoying all of life's adventures with Collin, he spends most nights and nap times serving as Collin's pillow.

Last week, Collin left his doggie an hour away at his Grammy's house. In order to avoid a crisis at bedtime, Matt took the kids to IKEA to buy a new doggie. Collin was happy with his new friend, but definitely missed his old one. After a few days, we were able to get the old one back, and Collin is thrilled to have two doggies now - New Doggie and 'Nother One Doggie.

The "new doggie"and the "nother one doggie."
Can you tell which one is which? :-)

In case you were curious, Collin still favors the old one even though he's pretty crazy about both.