When Lily was a new born (5 1/2 years ago!!!) the only thing that would stop her crying in the middle of the night was Lucy, our Labrador. With our eyes hanging out of our heads, Matt and I would dutifully walk down our stairs and out into the night air (Lily was a Winter baby) to allow Lily to stare at Lucy for long periods of time... in order to cease Lily's crying.
When we brought Lily home from the hospital for the first time, Lucy would sleep under Lily's bassinet and snore.
When Lil grew to be a toddler I was horrified to walk out onto the verandah one morning to see Lily feeding Lucy weetbix off her plastic, baby spoon.
Now Lily does Lucy's hair, gives her massages, tells her off and dances with her all in the same instant. Lily makes Lucy coffee and pie in her 'mudpie cafe' and Lucy sits on the chair and sips at the sandy concoctions that Lily lovingly dishes up.
Lucy is a very obliging and patient recipient of our family jokes and antics. We put funny hats on Lucy, we have put booties and bibs on Lucy and once Lily put a pair of her dancing shoes on her. Lucy takes it all in her stride and laps up the attention.
What characters they are as they potter around and play.
Lily was such a cute bub! It's so lovely that she and Lucy have such a special bond and are great friends. Grace is like that with our dog Asha, always giving her cuddles, 'feeding' her leaves or telling her to sit on her mat :)
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