Yarn and Fuzz

Ever since I can remember, Kadin has had three favorite blankies. We affectionately call them yarn and fuzz. He actually has two blankies we call fuzz . . . they are both fuzzy soft (hence the name fuzz) and are light baby blue. One is a checkerboard pattern and the other has stars and moons on it. His absolute favorite by far is yarn . . . it's got teddy bears on it and carefully placed throughout this blanket are pieces of yarn woven in (hence the name . . . yeah I think you get it!)

He has had these three blankies since he was a baby. It appears he has outgrown the fuzzes, but yarn is still close to his heart. Yarn goes almost everywhere Kadin goes . . . he goes in the car with Kadin back & forth to Iola (he doesn't go in the school though, he waits in the car) he goes to the store, to restaurants, to Grandma's and to bed every single night. There is actually one night I can distinctly remember when we where staying at a hotel for something and we couldn't bring yarn because Kadin had had a pee-pee accident the night before and yarn was dirty . . . that poor boy was just beside himself and he could not fall asleep.

I don't remember exactly how yarn became Kadin's favorite or at what age, but I know it's been a L O N G time. We always tell Kadin about how we got yarn from a lady that Daddy works with and how she gave us yarn as a present when he was born. I realize now that just saying that really didn't mean a whole lot to Kadin . . . I don't think the words alone made him understand truly how long he has loved that square of fabric.

So, I showed him some pictures . . .

This first one is Kadin napping on his Boppy, which is laying on yarn.

This one is of yarn laying in the hallway. Kadin used to drag him everywhere!

I wish I could truly describe the look on Kadin's face when he saw his blankie in those pictures. It was a look I can only describe as complete disbelief. He kept muttering about how he couldn't believe he'd had yarn for so long and he'd go and look at the pictures and then go and spread yarn out on the floor of his room and look . . . almost as if to check and make sure that what he saw in that picture was actually the same blankie he held each night before bed.



I'm not sure how long Kadin will hang on to yarn . . . I'm certainly not in a rush to get rid of him. In fact Kadin is watching television and snuggling with yarn right now. It's funny how Kadin has grown so much since we got that blankie. We used to wrap him up in that thing and now when I cover him up at night it barely covers his toes. It's seen about four sets of replacement yarns now since in the early years Kadin used to chew them off . . . and it's been washed more times than I can count. Pee-pee'd on, threw up on . . . yet through it all has been a friend and sense of security for my little boy.



So - thanks yarn for all you do. I hope to wash you for many years to come!