Your post brings special memories of DDaughter's "covies" and huggie. The covies were thermal b*aby b*lankets that I used when her Dad and I brought her home from the hospital. They ended up in threads and tiny pieces over the years. She kept them in a zip lock bag so she could still touch them.
Huggie was a blue cookie monster. He had many adventures with our daughter over the years. He went everywhere with her. His leg came off and re-attached with a safety pin. His plastic eyes cracked and wore off. We used a marker to paint them back on. Huggie was finally retired on a visit home from college. Yes, Huggie went to college with her too.
The stories he could tell. The comfort he brought to our little girl named "Sam". This "little" girl's 30th Birthday is Wednesday. I think Huggie deserves to be brought out again to attend the celebration.
Precious memories! Thanks for the post, Bear!