A Bunny For Ashlyn

August 11, 2010

Ashlyn is our child that loves to tease. Her favorite person to tease is Whitney. It is something of a role reversal, isn't it? She has found that nothing gets Whitney worked up faster than to take her beloved Bunny. Before Chris deployed the first time in 2003 he took Whitney and Gavin to Build-a-Bear. Whitney played the recorded voice message so much that halfway through the deployment the battery died. She was heartsick! Chris was able to order and record a new voice message over the phone. Which was a huge relief!

Whitney always tells Ashlyn "I've had that Bunny longer than you've been alive!" One day I had a talk with Ashlyn about how special Whitney's bunny was to her and how she needed to stop taking her Bunny. Which resulted in Ashlyn saying she wanted a Bunny. I told her to tell her Daddy. Not long after Chris surprised her with a visit to Build-a-Bear. Since our move she has not wanted to sleep in her room. After we got back from our vacation Chris started the crack down on getting her to sleep in her own room. The bunny served as a prize/continued incentive for her to sleep in her room. Chris said she did not even entertain the idea of getting any other kind of animal.

Ashlyn and Best Friend Bunny

This photo was just taken in July. Whitney still sleeps with Bunny in her arms every night. In a lot of ways she is still my biggest baby. She still has to be tucked in every night. Her princess blanket must be placed over her with the princesses facing upright and facing straight ahead. She must have both silkies and Bunny.