Adventures of Marley

A few weeks ago while Jason, Allie, and I were out shopping we stopped at Deep Discounts. Well, we always seem to forget that we can't take Allison anywhere without getting her something. While we were there, she wanted a little bunny book that came with a little bunny stuffed animal. We were fine with getting that for her. But being Allison she decided to walk down the childrens book isle and found the Marley and Me childrens book that came with a little marley stuffed animal (dog). She then decided that she must have that instead of the inexpensive one she first picked. I decided to tell her "no" and put the box back. Well, needless to say she defied me and grabbed the box and ran down every isle in that store calling for daddy. "If momma says no ask dada (is what she was thinking)". Sure enough she found dada with her arms wrapped around this Marley and Me box. Dada decided to let her have that instead since we were getting her something big, and besides it did come with a pretty nifty book. When we went to pay for our items she screamed and reached for her Marley. Once we got into the car dada took Little Marley out and gave it to her. She grabbbed Marley from him, gave Marley a huge hug, and with a big smile told dada, "thank you, thank you, thank you". That was all dada needed from her.

Since she's gotten Marley she does not go anywhere without him. We started to call him Marley since she got him, so when we ask where Marley is she will go and get him. This must be her ultimate favorite thing on the planet. When she picks him up she always has the biggest grin on her face and hugs him. She carries him around the house hugging him all the time. She even feeds him and gives him water. It has gotten to the point that sometimes she will not take a bath without him. Tantrums are thrown when he is not in her arms sometimes.
One thing she does with Marley that I find hilariuos is that apparently Marley is bad sometimes so she puts him in his box (the box he came in) and closes the lid. When I try to take him out she runs over, grabs him from me, and forcefully puts him back into the box. After awhile she will go back for him and take him out, like he's had his punishment.
We have all come to love Marley. He is very much apart of this family now, and he does everything with her. I do not know what we would do if she were to ever lose him. So we always know where he is at all times, no matter what. Because if she forgets where he is and starts to look for him we have to find him. There will always be Marley Tales in our family to share.