Chubba

So, anybody who knows Ellie knows that she loves babies. She loves to be the mommy. She has several baby dolls that she will carry around with her all over the house. She puts them to bed in whatever she finds that, to her, resembles a crib; she takes them to her bed; and she changes their dipers. Ellie loves, Loves, LOVES babies! Well... Last week, she was very tenderly and lovingly carrying around a volleyball. This ball is as big as her head, so it was kind of funny to see her carrying the ball around and petting it. When Jennie asked her what the ball was she told her: "Baby. My Chubba." Can't you just see her fat little cheeks jiggle as she says so definitively, in her deep little voice: "My Chubba"? She's so funny, I just love her. That night, she told me all about her baby "Chubba", and throughout the weekend, she's talked about him several times. She's such a trip. Perhaps I'll get a better picture of her and Chubba one of these days. We tried yesterday. She wandered all over the house looking for him. She found a beach ball which she adopted, but it wasn't the original chubba, so I didn't include it here.