Thursday, October 29, 2009

A Huggy for Sweet Pea


Each of our girls have a huggy. A little bear that they sleep with every night. It is the one little stuffed animal that they bring to the doctor or like to hug if they need extra comfort (HERE and HERE). The girls quickly thought of the idea that Sweet Pea needs a huggy. I had saved a coupon for $5 off (pretty good coupon) for Build-a-Bear. We had never had the experience before so it was a first for all of us.
We decided on the chocolate brown one. It was a popular choice, every one else making a bear at that time picked the same one. And with the coupon we were able to get the bear and have all the fun for about $5.

Filling the little bear with love and fluff. We made our bear not too soft and not too hard ~ just right. We ended up not getting huggy onto the fluff tube all the way and fluff went everywhere.

Then off to wash the bear. This place thinks of everything. I love how the girls were able to "do something" as we are working hard to prepare for our new child.

I loved these signs hanging from the ceiling. I just loved the idea of this is what an orphan desires. For someone to take them home. For some family to choose them.


And here is our family with the new huggy - just waiting for Sweet Pea to hug it some day.




This turned out to be a great family activity for the kids as we are preparing our home and our family for Sweet Pea. Now we just need to sleep with huggy a few nights and have it smell like us and hopefully it will someday provide comfort to our new little one.


13 comments:

  1. Awesome!! Glad you have pictures for Sweet Pea's photo album. How very exciting!

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  2. So sweet.Having a huggy all ready makes it seem closer - Sweet Pea is just around the corner. Wish I could have seen fluff going everywhere.

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  3. you do think of everything, Cris! what a great idea and a lovely gift for your new little one!

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  4. Love the pea pod! So much information - thanks, Cris for sharing

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  5. Such a good idea. I remember the surreal feeling I used to get when I would go shopping to buy little toys to send to our boys.

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  6. My girls did this for Nate and it really did help them to feel a part of his arrival. We have such similar pictures as those you have posted, it made me smile! I love the new blog and will be following along and praying for your sweet pea!

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  7. Such a cute blog design and name!

    What a cute idea with the teddy.

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  8. AWWWWWWW.. HOW SWEET!

    I'm SO SORRY I've not mailed your book yet. I stuck it in a bag and it ended up in the back of my truck.. I COMPLETELY forgot about it! I'll try to get it in the mail to you in the next day or two.

    I can't wait for the next stage in your adoption! ♥ YOU

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  9. Your adoption posts bring back so many memories for me. It's such an exciting/terrifying/amazing time. I look forward to following your progress here. I wish blogs had been around when we were adopting.

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  10. I LOVE the idea of an adoption blog...hey, you can have it printed for a little rememberance book for your new family member. Soooooo COOL. The little bear is so cute, what a fun idea for your whole family to get ready for this little one!!

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  11. Precious! Sweet Pea will love it!

    Poignant reminders with those signs of an orphans deepest wish... thanks for sharing!

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