Special Friends

I've made mention to the fact that our household is blessed with an abundance of stuffed creatures we've acquired over the past 7 years. Some of them have been deemed worthy of a name that actually sticks...

Gavin's special friends:
Luke (as in Skywalker)- a spotted frog (webkinz)
Max- the big neon green dog Gavin received, not won, from the State Fair- (thanks to the kind girl who gave up her big stuffed dog to a tantrumming hungry/tired boy)
Teddy- the bear Mike gave him for Christmas a few years ago
Black Bear- the stuffed animal we got for Gavin after the dreaded flood in the basement
Groovy Baby- he used to like to sleep with this one- he has grown out of it, but we still have it
Ello- the giant stuffed elephant that sleeps with Gavin
Brownie- a chocolate lab stuffed animal

Emma's special friends:
Burp- a random doll she's become attached to- dresses it up in her old baby clothes she found in the box under my bed
Teddy- the bear Mike gave her for Christmas- same year Gavin got his
Snuffy- the dog Emma won at the State Fair
Build-a-Bear- she calls it that even though it's a monkey
Sarafina- the white fluffy cat Emma picked out after the dreaded basement flood
Simba- a lion webkinz

Lilah's special friends:
Renae- a black lab webkinz
Nikki- American Girl Doll
Little Lamb- a soft beanie baby she got as a newborn on the day she came home from the hospital
Lucy- a cloth stuffed doll- I can't, for the likes of me, remember where this one came from
Teddy- the stuffed animal given to her for Christmas by Suzy, her first daycare provider- Teddy is missing his nose and has been since his second day with us. Norman delicately removed the nose, and only the nose.
Warning- a stuffed dog that was lost in Grand Rapids, MN, the day Josh and Bri were married. Lilah had a hard time accepting that Warning was lost. We really did search far and wide to no avail. I include it because I liked the name. She really liked the dog too. It was named warning because of the "warning" printed on the tag.
Snowbell- the identical cat that Emma has- again, an attempt to appease the kids due to the loss of so many toys in the flood
Pooh- named for obvious reasons - Pooh survived the flood- he was the first thing I saw floating at the bottom of the stairs when I realized that the basement was flooded

I know there are more that I can't think of, because all too often, when we're getting ready to leave the house, someone will delay our departure because of the need to bring along a stuffed animal, referred to by a name that I've never heard of.