Sophie Lives a Precarious Life

Aliyah loves Sophie. Sophie is the best toy for gnawing on when you’re sprouting new teeth. Sophie is good for banging on tables and squeaking and staring at for long periods of time. And Aliyah has just figured out the perfect way to wring Sophie's neck to make a real good, loud squeak.

But I’m fearful that Sophie may not last long too long in this house. Her squeaky noise and general dog-toy rubberyness is tempting Zeus on a daily basis. Sophie stayed in the car for a long time, but being one of Aliyah's favorites, she keeps finding herself in the house.  Zeus stares longingly at Sophie through the mesh of Aliyah’s pack-n-play and has tried to quietly slip out of the room with Sophie when he thinks no one is looking. Zeus wants to eat Sophie real, real bad.

"No Zeus - you cannot haz my Sophie!"

We’ve been diligent, but the minute we let our guard down, I’m afraid this loveable little over-priced giraffe is going to be a gonner. Anyone care to place bets on how long she makes it?