Jolene

One of the presents Mark brought back from Florida a few weeks ago was a little stuffed turtle for Charlotte.  So the turtle's name is Jolene. This is according to the tag she came with, not any bizarre toy-naming tendencies from either child (not that those don't exist -- we also have a baby doll named Baggie, which is a story for another day). 

Jolene is super soft and small enough for Charlotte to grasp.  Bowden too, it turns out.  They had a brief run-in when Jolene first came home from Florida, and the end result is that Bowden has firmly established her territory in this house, and Jolene is down an eye.

Anyway. 

She's still sweet and cuddly and she's become the go-to toy for sticking in Charlotte's car seat, or for big brother and big sister to bring over when she's upset and needs a toy.

...Or, in Anneliese's case, for throwing at her when she's upset and needs a toy.

*sigh*

Try not to notice how out-of-control exhausted I look, mmmkay?

And that's the story of how our baby's first toy is a one-eyed turtle named Jolene.