Missing
I’ve written before about how some toys just seem to magically disappear in this house. Usually they are small toys- like the Little People Goat (still missing) or the pink plastic butter knife (found!). But today, it was Buba’s beloved Blue Baby. Blue Baby has been with us for a least a year. He is twin brother to Tiny’s Pink Baby, and these babies go pretty much wherever Buba and Tiny go. We last remember seeing him at Stop and Shop yesterday afternoon, but we checked the lost a found there, and he was not there. Both T and I are pretty sure that he made it back home. But we’ve searched and searched and searched for Blue Baby, and he is nowhere to be found. We looked in all the obvious places, and then we looked in the least likely places. No luck.
It doesn’t surprise me when the small toys go missing. But how did we manage to lose a 12 inch doll? I really hope he turns up tomorrow, but right now, it’s not looking good. Fortunately, Buba is not really all that broken up over the missing doll. He’s asked where he is and has helped look (a little), but he hasn’t shed one tear and was easily convinced to take a stuffed rabbit with him when we went out this afternoon. Tiny however, is pretty concerned and continues to look. She’s worried that Blue Baby is sad because he doesn’t have his family.
Fortunately, Blue Baby is not one-of-a-kind and is easily replaceable. Still, if you happen to see him out in the world (a little dirtier than pictured below), please let him know that we miss him and would like him to come back home.
(And, yes, Pink Baby and Blue Baby are the actual names that they go by.)
I have to admit that my heart sank a little when I saw the title of your post. Maybe I read The Velveteen Rabbit one too many times, but – among other things – I just have a big heart for inanimate objects (especially those that are “truly loved”!).
I sure hope Blue Baby turns up soon!
And I have to share a little “funny” about that name. A former colleague was a huge animal lover. She took in a stray cat, named him something like Oliver James, but always called him “kitty”. He went missing (turns out he was in the house), and she put up signs in the neighborhood. She had a picture of him and his “official” name. She was too embarrassed to say he only answers to “kitty”…we laughed so hard about someone finding him and calling him Oliver James, and the cat giving them such a strange look. 
Poor Buba and blue baby! I hope he is found soon! Molly and Luke had a pink and blue baby like Tiny and Buba. Not the same ones, but they loved them too. One day they just quit playing with them. I have kept them to place in their memory boxes. Have a great week Renae!
Maybe Blue baby is off romping with our “pink baby alive” named “baby Gemma” which has been missing since an ill-fated trip to the gym! Luckily all of our dolls are named “Baby Gemma” so she was somewhat easily replaced, but I admit I have had to hide the “purple baby Alive” so we don’t have a constant reminder, and fights breaking out over the remaining doll! Hope he comes round real soon….
Oh, man! That’s the worst. Mr. Mischief was pretty attached to his little wooden Thomas trains a while back, and we went through 5 of them! That’s just crazy!
I hope you find Blue Baby! Good luck!
I hope you find Blue Baby. (Our big crisis last night was a missing blankie! It’s the worst when a lovie disappears).
I hope Blue Baby and the little goat are keeping each other company, and having a good laugh about how they are right under your nose…
I hope blue baby finds his way home soon! I am very thankful that we do not have any toys that the kids are too attached to. There have been times when I wish they had something, say at bed time, but then I remember that at least we don’t have to worry if we can’t find it!
[...] pretty sure a good time was had by all, including Pink Baby and Blue Baby (who Tiny found under the couch cushions of the love seat in the kids’ room!) who watched it [...]
oh no! I hope he finds his way home soon!