The Love Affair Begins Again...Oh No!

No matter if you think my kids look alike or not, if you've spent any time around us in the last four years, you will understand when I say, this first picture makes Jacob look like the spitten image of Ben below.

Jacob keeps seeking out Potsy. He gets the biggest grin on his face when he sees that Ben has abandoned him on the ground somewhere. Jacob makes a beeline to get him in an eight month old super speed crawl. In the last few inches, he lunges and falls triumphantly next to his prize. He rolls to one side, Potsy clutched in his pudgy little hand and immediately begins sucking on the doll, favoring the pom pom on his hat. Oh the memories. The heartache. The tears. The joys. Ben sucked on Potsy for probably two years before we broke him if that nasty habit. It was absolutely disgusting. It reaked to high heaven and was hard for me to touch sometimes because it was so stinky despite how many rounds he went through the washer and dryer.

Ben isn't much of a fan of sharing his beloved Potsy. He's been through seven of them if you recall our posting back in November. It makes him mad to pick up his beloved and find him wet, so I retrieved one of his old Potsy's that was in decent shape (read: one of the few unsucked versions). Now if Jacob finds Ben's Potsy on the ground (the one with the half way ripped off hat), Ben is quick to run and find Jacob's Potsy (the one with the sleeve ripped all apart at the shoulder) and switch them out. Both boys remain happy. Brian and I just can't believe it's all happening again.

I'm thinking it's time to go to Wal-Mart and buy seven more Potsys before they stop selling them. Can you believe they've been selling the exact same doll for over five years? I'm just not sure that seven will be enough this time. Ben's love affair started somewhere between 18 and 20 months. Jacob is only 8 months. How many should I get this time? Fourteen? Can you imagine the look on the check out lady when I walk up with fourteen Potsys?