Gracie...

I ran across this picture as I was going thru my picture library the other day and couldn't help but smile.  Gracie was about 2 1/2 here and was totally in love with the baby Jesus from our yard nativity.  When we had taken all the lights and decorations down that year and stored it all away in the attic, she was traumatized.  She just knew that Baby Jesus was freezing up there.  So, being the soft-hearted mom I can be at times like that, I climbed back up those attic steps to bring him back down.  He went EVERYWHERE with her... the mall, church, doctor's office, even the hospital ER and pediatric unit, and of course she slept with him as well every night.  Was this just a passing phase?  Well, kind of ~ it only lasted about 3 years:)  Where is Baby Jesus now, I bet you're wondering.  Back up in the attic?  No Way! He's in the playroom with all the other dolls of course:)  No, Gracie doesn't tote him around everywhere she goes anymore, but I just can't bring myself to stick him in with all the other decorations... after all, I can't have him getting cold;)