A record of Go-to Four Legged Child
Our eight pound chihuahua has proudly held the title of our go-to (i.e. only) child for over three years. And even though Burger’s about to have some competition in May, we do not think there will ever be any mistaking that we enjoy our dog. In kind of a crazy way. Heck, he’s already represented in three separate portraits in the third-bedroom-slash-nursery-to-be’s photo wall:
And thanks to 1) some foresight on my part, 2) a generous giveaway sponsor and 3) our enjoy of all things Burger, the future nursery is about to have one more ode to the tiniest Petersik. Introducing Burger the Zoonie:
To explain: you may recall this lively giveaway from Eleni Creative, maker of custom felt mobiles and stuffed animals called Zoonies. Well, Sherry and I were quite smitten by their handiwork (I even broke out the word “adorable”; the dad-to-be thing was already making me soft, okay?). But they truly do strong work. Simply check out the custom “flying elephant” mobile that our big winner Amy scored in early October:
Did not that come out strong? We have been dying to share it with you folks since it was a fully one-of-a-kind creation made simply for our lucky winner. And after the giveaway I secretly asked Eleni’s resident “feltician” Helen if I could hire her to make a custom piece styled after our go-to chihuahua as a little surprise for my lady. Surprisingly, she did not laugh or call me crazy. Instead, she kindly offered to do it as a “thank you” to us… and even sent me this cartoon-y sketch of our Zoonified pup for approval before the felting commenced!
Fast forward two months and Sherry finds me handing her a wrapped present as we exit the doctor’s office after our second ultrasound. We were both walking on air because our latest scan had confirmed that the baby’s doing perfectly (and flipping around like a gymnast) so it felt like the ideal moment to hand it over in celebration of “this is truly happening!”
And that is how I gifted Sherry our baby’s first stuffed animal. Which simply happens to be modeled after our go-to chihuahua.
And Sherry went bonkers over it. Seriously. Plenty of jumping and screaming. So perhaps “the bean” will not appreciate his or her felted brother (aka: Burger 2.0) for a while (heck, even Burger himself is not that sure what to make of it) but at least we have stacked the deck in favor of our new go-to child loving our current go-to child simply as much as we do. And perhaps the two of them will learn to share the title…
But what about you folks? Have your pets inspired any home decor over the years? Any framed pooch or kitty pictures or silhouettes out there? How about one of those pillows that they can personalize with an iron on image? Or a ceramic replica of a certain breed for your mantel? We wanna know how your go-to four-leggers are celebrated in your house.
