love squared

So I’ve mentioned that my mom regularly crochets. Blankets, booties, bibs, sweaters, dresses, you name it. And you may have noticed that most of Annabelle’s pictures have one of said blankets in them (she has four – two pink, one white, one purple). She came home in the white one, and from day one she started burying her face in it. When she gained even minor control of her hands, she started tugging her blankets over her face, threading her tiny fingers through the holes. I am forever pulling blankets off her head. This yarn is just otherworldly soft, and she can’t get enough.

Problem is, she also regularly overheats. Especially in this humid heat. Some people think that babies don’t sweat – she does. When you take her out of her car seat, her few strands of hair are dripping, forming baby curls on the back of her head. So cuddling with her blanket when we’re out and about just makes matters worse.

Good news. Grandma sent us a box of “yi yi squares.” (We call blankets yi yi’s in my family.) And she seriously loves them. Once, I left her in her bed while I grabbed her pajamas, and in the twenty seconds I was gone, she had managed to locate the stack and pull them all over her. She was smiling like she’d just won a million bucks, drowning in those blanket squares.

So, if any of you have children like mine who love to cuddle but hate to sweat, this is a pretty good fix, not to mention adorable. And I have a really good in with the lady who made ‘em, so let me know if you’d like to place an order. :)

(Mom, do you love that I’m your personal PR agent?)