Ode to "bean bee"

I thought I would let you all view our most important part of the family...bean bee. This is Koen's blanket. I will give a little beanbee background. I received this blanket at a shower and thought it an odd size as it was only about 12 inches square, and wondered what I would use it for. Who would have known it would be our most prized possesion. I really have no idea how it became that either. I do know that Koen started really loving this blanket when he started sucking him thumb at about 4 months old. We have tried to replace it with many others, but they were never liked in the slightest. I decided this past summer to buckle down and buy the EXACT same one(I had held off because it was a THIRTY dollar 12*12 blanket) So I went and bought it, and tried for the whole summer to get him to take to it. I washed them together made him sleep with it(all though every morning I found it outside the crib)Finally when we came back from UT for the summer I decided it wasnt worth it anymore and put it in a box for our next child to love! Ü

Here is the torn and tattered blanket of love! I figure once it completly falls apart it will have to be over and I hope the thumb sucking goes with it!

This day Koen thought it was really funny to wear beanbee as a hat. Silly kids.

Koen loves to chew on bean bee. Thus the sides are black and gross(even fresh from the wash) and it is falling apart. It also has a pleasent morning breath aroma!

We are lucky however, that we DONT take it everywhere. He isnt good about leaving it in his crib, so the first time he drops it I hide it. Then when he asks for it I tell him "beanbee is sleeping" And he is usually pretty good about that! Gotta love bean bee!