Sullivan

When Sullivan was a few weeks old (I think 3?), we planned a party to celebrate Guthrie's 4th birthday and to bless Sullivan and his little cousin Caelan (Ashley's daughter). We ended up doing it the first Saturday in July (again, I think) because Kyle had to finish the semester and was traveling back from Mexico. I still think its weird that he didn't even meet his son until three weeks had past, but that is a whole different story. The real point is that for Guthrie's birthday he received a fabulous present from me and Kyle (again, I think). We bought him a Fisher Price dinosaur, a T-rex to be exact. This dinosaur had a button on the tail that activated his glowing red eyes and made him roar and throw his head around in a threatening manner. We debated buying the toy for a few reasons: a) I was worried it would scare either Guthrie or Adeline. b) We wanted to get him a toy he would actually play with and were worried that an animated dinosaur might just sit in the corner. AND c) We're professional students and its a rule that you always debate any purchase, big or small. So - we bought the dinosaur and it was a big hit (yay for us!!) After a year or so, it really did start to sit in the corner more and more often and we may have even discussed sending it on its way to the ol' DI pile. . . then SUDDENLY Sullivan turned 1. About the time he could walk, babble, and manipulate small cheerio-like objects, he learned to push that button on the back of T-rex's tail. From that moment, his love of dinosaurs has increased at an alarming rate. He now has quite the collection and has his own special way of referring to each of them. (Triceratops, baby triceratops, blue triceratops, spike tail, baby spike tail, yellow spike tail, green raptor, T-rex, etc. ) Every holiday rolls around and I wonder if by the next holiday he will have outgrown his obsession - but no, it goes on and on.

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