where oh where could that dolly be...

Jozlyn and I were at the mall on a typical Wednesday. Jozlyn was all set with her sippy, cheerios, blankee and dolly and I was all ready for some good old fashion window shopping. After about 1 hour and a cute new shirt we were ready to leave. I start to get Jozlyn's things together. Sippy...check, blankee...check, dolly...dolly? Dolly was no where to be found. I started breathing heavy, I got nervous. Dolly was Jozlyn's favorite. She hugs that thing so tight when she sleeps, shares her cheerios, juice and even paci with her. Dolly is a part of our family, and I lost her. I LOST HER! What kind of mommy am I?

I tried to act calm and reassure myself that we would find her, or worst case scenario we would (gasp) buy another dolly. Truthfully though, on the inside I wanted to freak out. We spent a good hour retracing our steps in the mall, only to come up empty handed. I decided to try one more place. As I walk very fast into the store frantically looking on the ground a young girl asks me if I lost a doll. I wanted to cry and jump up and down and say yes yes yes yes. But calmly I said, "yes, did you find one?". She found dolly!!

When I saw that beat up, dirty, stuffed doll I fought the urge to kiss and squeeze that doll right there in the middle of the store, but I held back and eagerly gave Dolly to Jozlyn. Was Jozlyn excited to see Dolly? Well, for about 1 second until she threw her on the floor. I digress. Looks like mommy is the one with the Dolly obsession.



jozlyn and her dolly




but really it's like this.....