Special Stuffed Animal

Ava introduced to "Beaver" She likes him She is barely bigger than him Durable enough to chew on My Grandmother/B-Mom hand made my cousins and I stuffed animals when we were infants. My cousin Zach got a stuffed animal that was a beaver that he named "BeeBee". I wanted to be just like Zach so I decided my stuffed animal would be named "Beaver" even though my animal was clearly not a Beaver but he was in my eyes. I slept next to Beaver from the time I was an infant to when I went to college. I wanted to take him to college but I was convinced that it was time for Beaver to be retired so that I didn't freak out my roommates (by this time Beaver was worn very thin and had a big patch around his neck to hold him together in one piece). My Bmom made a back up Beaver for me just in case anything ever happened to the original Beaver when I was younger so that I wouldn't have a melt down. So imagine my surprise when I found the back up Beaver at my Dad's house the other weekend. I truly believe that my Bmom is Ava's guardian angel and not just because Ava is named after. I am so happy that Ava and I can now share a special piece of Bmom . Maybe she can name her stuffed animal something a little more eloquent than "Beaver".