The "pillow" is now "Skybear" the black spiderman bear!

Before Herbie was born, his Great Grandma Niehues made him a little pillow out of fleece. The new parent I was said "Does she not know it is not safe for babies to have pillows?" Little did I know this would become Herbie's favorite pillow and his comfort blanket for years to come. Herbie would carry this pillow around, suck his thumb and rub the corner of the pillow. Eventually the pillow slowly fell apart - unable to lose it, we called Grandma and requested a new one. She sent a new pillow and we fixed this one many times until eventually the fabric slowly fell apart. One day we lost the "little piece of fabric"...this was a dark day. Smart daddy, cut up a pillowcase and gave it to Herbie. He "adjusted" and accepted the new piece of fabric he called pillow.

Today was a BIG day for our 4 year old Herbie. We gathered ALL of the little pieces of fabric known as pillow, put them in our little blue bag and headed to the store. Herbie took his pillows to Build a Bear Workshop. He was able to pick out his own animal (he chose a black bear), he then took all the pillows to the lady and stuffed it in the bear to forever be safe. We put in a heart and sewed up the bear. Herbie is officially the big boy with no more security pillows. Herbie gave his new bear a bath and quickly picked out his new clothes. Our black bear is now the spiderman black bear. Herbie gave him the name......Skybear. He took a nap today and did not suck his thumb, but just clung to his new buddy - Skybear! Proud of you Herbie! (I think this day has been harder on Daddy than Herbie!)