growing baby

Mateo’s nighttime companions in bed seem to include a representative from each of his current or past passions. There’s a monkey lovie — one of four that we bought for him to ensure nighttime simian continuity in case of accidental loss. There’s a mini-tiger, representing his animal toys — Mateo dubbed him “Tiny”. There’s a mini-Elmo, who’s a stand-in for a large Elmo that’s too big to take to bed. There’s a Dory (from Finding Nemo); this is a hard-plastic fish that looks to be about life-size. There’s also a little train wagon, made out of wood and sporting four wheels. Finally, quite often he drags a book to bed (fortunately usually putting it on his bedstand before going to sleep).

At the rate he’s accumulating toys to take to bed, I shudder to think what it’ll be like in another year: hopefully we’ll still be able to locate our son there among the mountain of toys…