Doggie has surgery!

I think every mom has been there... when the favorite toy/stuffy/blanket gets lost or broken. What do you do? In my case it was Mia's stuffed dog "Doggie." This is her beloved build-a-bear dog that she's had now since Christmas time. She loves it and treats it with real affection! 

So, you can imagine my dilemma when we found a hole in it's neck seam. We were finding little bunches of stuffing around the house and finally found out why! Mia was un-stuffing her doggie!

I wasn't sure what to do with the dog... first of all, I don't sew and if I did it wouldn't look pretty! And second, I didn't want her to wait too long before it could be fixed at the store. So... we called Nanny!

Nanny, my mom, was happy to come to the rescue, but she didn't just sew it up, she made it into a fun time for the girls too! Just take a peek and see...

She laid the dog on the table and got our her pretend doctor's kit! She let the girls play doctor and took very good care of Doggie! Mia wore the stethoscope and kept a close eye on Nanny the whole time!

First my mom asked Mia to give Doggie a shot so he wouldn't feel the pain!

Then they checked out the boo boo and Mia was starting to look concerned. 

They took the Doggie's blood pressure and gave it lots of kisses before starting "surgery!"

Bailee was in charge of checking the pill container to see if there was any medicine for the Doggie. There wasn't anything in it, so I grabbed some smarties and let the girls each have some "medicine!"

After the sewing was done Mia was very affectionate and gave Doggie many kisses and pats on the head. It was so genuine and sincere... she's so sweet!

Each of the girls had the chance to give Doggie some medicine so he would feel better really soon!

The end result wasn't just a fixed toy, but one happy little girl! She hasn't put him down since he's been repaired! Thank goodness we have a plastic surgeon in the family! :0) 

(Thanks Mom!)