Baby/Bunny FooFoo

Everyone who knows our family knows Bunny/Baby Foofoo, Liesl's special lovey.  Liesl became attached to Bunny Foofoo really early on - like at 6 months - and has taken her everywhere for her whole life.  All of our family photos have Foofoo clasped tightly at Liesl's side.  As soon as Liesl figured out gender, she informed us that Foofoo was a she and not a he; she also renamed her Baby Foofoo, which is confusing for most people.  Once we realized that Baby Foofoo was going to be IT for Liesl, we bought two backups, but one was rejected for having a differently-shaped nose (a difference that is invisible to most people). That one was named Sister, and is shunned. (Seriously, she lives in the bottom of a box in Liesl's closet, and is only brought out when they need a bad guy.)

But fortunately, one of the replacement Foofoos was acceptable, and so we have used them interchangeably over Liesl's life, ensuring that they are equally worn and faded and shading into tan (from their original cream color).  Sebastian knows there are two, but Liesl doesn't.  Given her attachment to Baby Foofoo, and our own knowledge of the backup version, we have allowed her to take Baby everywhere with her.  This has led to some near losses, as occasionally Liesl gets distracted and forgets Baby.  I've had to drive back and search for her numerous times, finding her in a plastic bag at the Food Front grocery store, among the stacks at the Central Library, under a tree at the PSU farmers market, in the cafe at New Seasons. She's also been left behind at various friends' houses.

On Monday, when Liesl spent the day with Crystal and Vivienne, Baby Foofoo got lost. Crystal (bless her sweet heart) turned her house upside down and spent hours searching for lost Foofoo. No sign of her. I called the Children's Museum, where they'd gone that morning, but they hadn't found a lost bunny.  Tuesday went by with no sign of her and Steve and I started to get worried and sad - the lost version was the slightly more dog-eared original, and we were attached to her. Plus, now we were down to only one Baby Foofoo, which made us much more cautious about letting her leave the house! 

So in the depth of my Tuesday night fears, I spent some time searching and bought a used Baby Foofoo off Ebay. Just to have a backup, maybe, if this new one passed muster.  And then, of course, given how the world works, Baby Foofoo was found on Wednesday afternoon at the Children's Museum!!!  Huge thanks to Crystal for her sleuthing and persistence!

Good thing our bunny FooFoo has nine lives....