Everybody needs a friend

Remember your first friend? (What's with this underlining thing, I don't know!) We all had our favorite lovies, stuffed animals or pillows that we liked to hold, didn't we?

Collin had yellow bear (aptly named for his bright yellow color and the fact that he is, indeed, a bear) Here is Collin at 3 months with his first friend.


Yellow bear was an accidental purchase, made when I took something back to Baby One that I didn't like and got a store credit. I just grabbed the first thing that cost 12 marks (which, looking back, was tough since Baby One isn't much of a discount store). I brought home yellow bear and showed it to Collin who immediately took a liking to him. Maybe it was because he is so brightly colored (the bear, I mean), but after that we put yellow bear in the swing, in the carseat, in the bed, and he was Collin's first friend.

For Savannah, it was Lambie. She still loves Lambie, and she still sleeps with him at night. Lambie was actually bought for Collin, but he never showed Lambie much interest as yellow bear took most of his free time. Savannah loved him because he plays La Le Lu (a German lullaby), and he is very soft. Lambie needs an operation now because the stuffing has literally been loved out of him. As soon as I learn how to sew, he'll get the needed surgery to fix him.
Here is Savannah with Lambie in the swing.



Now Aaron's first friend is Fritz. Fritz was given to us by Heinz's sister, Gabi. Aaron really likes Fritz because he is so soft and squeezable, and he's just the right size to grab onto and give a big hug. Here is Aaron, swinging with friend, Fritz.



Yes, friends are very important. They provide companionship, hugs, soft squeezes and they're always there for you. But no matter how much we love our friends, no matter how nice they are, no matter how cute and cuddley, no matter how tempting it might be, we should really avoid the impulse to


eat them!

Comparing kids....

So who looks like whom? Some days Aaron looks just like Collin and other days he looks more like Savannah. A friend told me recently that he looks like me, but most people say he looks like Heinz. Let's take a look and see.....

Aaron....



Here is a scanned photo (quality not so great) of Collin at about 8 months.


So can you see the resemblance? Aaron also has the really light blonde hair like Collin, big hands and big feet.

Here is Aaron again...his first day in the exersaucer. We didn't leave him in very long since he is still pretty young, but he liked it. It's probably nice for him to get a different view of the world.


And here is a picture of Savannah at about the same age.

So Aaron looks something like Savannah as well. Smaller nose like Savannah and the cupid's bow too. They both also have dimples.

Well, I don't really care who he looks like...he's just CUTE! We are having such a great time with him, and the kids are loving him like crazy.

On another note, Collin started school this week. His teacher is really nice, and he has 17 kids in his class. 3 are moving around December, so that will make it even less. I didn't take pictures of his first day because it was picture day at the school. I'll update at the end of the week and let you know how it's going.