A New Favorite Friend

We never did find Mr. Elephant, but luckily Hailey has picked out a new favorite friend. This is a bear that Great Grandma and Great Grandpa bought her for her 1st birthday. When she opened it, she immediately hugged it and now that the elephant is no longer an option, she has given all her love to this new bear. She carries it around, just like she did with the elephant, and she even seems to have named it. She says the exact same thing each time she points to it, but I still have yet to decipher exactly what she is saying. It sounds a little like "cand" or "band" - maybe she is trying to say "bear" but it doesn't exactly sound like that so who knows. Anyway, she loves her bear, sleeps with it every night, carries it around on and off throughout the day, and even tries to take it with us when we go out (although we aren't making that mistake again). So cute!