Well before Ellie's birth Justin and I began shopping for items WE loved and therefore knew that SHE would love. One of these items was a lovely little lad by the name of Baby Tad. Baby Tad is one of those Leap Frog learning toys and it was an even better purchase because it was on sale. It was a $30 toy for $12 - SOLD!!
Fastforward.....Ellie is a few months old and she is introducted to Baby Tad. She is mildly intrigued by him. She looks at him from time to time, and eventually as her motor skills improve she is able to move enough to activate his many wonderful learning options. This I find to be rather impressive, but Ellie found it to be rather...ummm annoying. A few times she accidentally hit is foot only to hear, "Foot. I have a foot. I have two and so do you." When she'd hit his stomach she'd hear "5 minutes to Night Night..." accompanied by 5 minutes of bed time music as sung by an older woman's voice - not a sweet innocent baby tad voice (or so my imagination goes). She'd then proceed to yell and cry. She HATED HATES Baby Tad.
Fastforward....One month ago this feud escalated. We were in Utah and Ellie has a fascination with my phone, and so she was playing with it and I said to her, "You have a phone call - who is it?!?" and the conversation went something like this:
Ellie (via her dad): It's Baby Tad
Me: What does he say?
Ellie (via her dad): He is playing with all of my toys...eating all of my food....wearing all of my diapers....and wearing all of my clothes..he is sleeping in my crib...rocking in my lamb (swing)...and sitting in my Bumbo!!!
Me: What!?!? What are you going to do about it??
Ellie: He's going to get it when I get home!
A few days after we returned home Ellie did get her revenge...or so we think! One evening Baby Tad took a fall off of the shelf on which he was perched...this fall resulted in him "losing his voice" and no longer making any sounds. There were a few witnesses - Milos the monkey, Bear, Ollie the monkey, Ginger the half giraffe/half blanket, Ellie and Baby Tad himself. So far no one is speaking out....
The investigation is ongoing.....as is the feud....
(Which of these individuals would you trust??)
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