Going out on a Ledge

So, I mentioned before that our first baby was going out on the window sill.  If you were around the Bobars last Christmas, you would have met Ralph.  Ralph has a sweet, yet mischievous smile.  He is pink and sparkly and spreads holiday cheer.  Ralph is our Christmas pig.  We bought him last year to decorate our outdoors, however, when we brought him home we realized that we didn't want to stick him out in the cold.  He had a prime spot in our living room up until the week before Christmas.  Dean and I loaded Ralph up for his first trip to snow in Big Bear.  Ralph greeted Krista and Drew with his smile and lit our life while we played games and ate good food.  We showed up to Jen and Straty's for Christmas Eve dinner with Ralph as well.  The next morning he came with us to mom and dads for the annual scavenger hunt.  He had a great day.

Later we received a ransom note with words cut out from magazine clippings saying Ralph had been kidnapped.  Stupidly, I missed this and Dean and I looked at the note and thought it was a strange ad for pork. (Don't have your kidnappers send up the ransom because you may never come home again.)

Well during the summer I stole Ralph from the Hadjiyannis garage sale and have been waiting to share him with the world once again.

Daddy making sure Ralph is safe and secure.

Ralph and mommy.  See that look he has.

Peggy and Morris

But, it's now time for him to serve a greater purpose.  To bring joy to all on busy Magnolia Street.  He will not be alone as he now has Morris the Moose, Peggy the Penguin and __________(we aren't inspired yet) the Deer.  It's a big step for us, but we want to be an example to our baby that when the time comes, we will cut the cord, or at least plug it in elsewhere.