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Here’s To You, Piggy

If you’re a regular reader around here, you know about Piggy the pot holder. Piggy has been Hadley’s constant companion since she was 20 months old.

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{Piggy visits Montgomery, Alabama.}

That silly pot holder has traveled the country and snuck into dozens of  pictures. Where Hadley was, there was Piggy also.

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{Piggy goes swimming}
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{Piggy in the “first day of preschool in Alabama” picture.}

I came home from a blogging day-trip event in July 2015 with a take-home bag filled with all kinds of random things, including a pink, silicone pot holder designed to resemble a pig. I was thisclose to throwing it away, but just as I walked toward the trash can, Jamie took it from me, put it on his hand, and started chasing Hadley around the house making snorting noises. That tiny toddler giggled like a fool, and from that day forward Piggy was her favorite.

Piggy went to the grocery store, to church, to the park, to friends’ houses, on vacations, and more. Hadley couldn’t take a nap or go to sleep at night without Piggy. I can’t count how many times I wanted to bang my head against the wall when we couldn’t find Piggy and it was time to go to bed. We would end up flipping the entire house completely upside down looking for the pig.

When Hadley had her accident, I even bolted out of the ambulance before it left for the hospital racing through the house trying to find Piggy. I knew (hoped) Hadley would eventually want it. Everyone must have thought I was a whacko when I climbed back in the ambulance with a pot holder!

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{Piggy was always involved during silly times.}

I became so worried about what would happen if she lost Piggy for good that I searched on Amazon and purchased a back-up (I couldn’t believe they actually sold these dumb things.) We called the replacement “Piggy 2.0”.

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Welp. She wanted nothing to do with Piggy 2.0. Her original piggy was slowly but surely falling apart and ultimately resembled nothing like a pot holder. Piggy was essentially a big, shredded piece of nothing, but she loved it. She even dressed up like Piggy for Halloween!

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Around her third birthday in November, she became more interested in a stuffed cat that she’d had for over a year but never played with. She named it Sophia, and we started to see Piggy take a bit of a back seat.

We took both Sophia and Piggy to Alabama to my parent’s home during Thanksgiving. When we got back home, Piggy was gone. We figured we somehow devastatingly left it at my parent’s house (she’d never spent a night without Piggy in over a year), but they’d surely find it and send it back to Hadley as soon as possible.

We held our breaths waiting for the meltdown the was surely going to ensue once she realized that Piggy wasn’t around, but it never happened. She’d moved on to Sophia.

Also, they never found it. To this day, we have no idea about Piggy’s final whereabouts.

In hindsight, I’m wondering if she got too frustrated with Piggy’s shredded condition that she threw it away at my parent’s house, and maybe that’s why she has never gotten upset about missing her Piggy. We’re not sure.

It’s kind of humorous that Jamie and I took it harder than Hadley did, mainly because her lack of care signaled that that hilarious, slightly maddening season of her childhood was over.

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{Hadley ditched Piggy briefly – it’s on the ground – to cheer on her Uncle David and Grandpa during their first marathon finishes.}

 

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{She couldn’t get out of bed ever until she had Piggy in hand.}

RIP Piggy the pot holder. You never once served your original purpose of getting hot pans out of the oven, but you made a little blonde girl really happy for a long time.

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{Trying to convince me to let Piggy into Mommy and Tante Jenn’s maternity pictures.}

Hadley’s new sidekick has stuck around, so be on the look-out for Sophia (a.k.a “that cat in pajamas”). She’s Hadley’s new bestie, and we’re immensely thankful that she’s a bit harder to lose than a small pot holder.

Let’s chat!

Did you have a special companion when you were a kid? Do your kids have one now that you or them would freak out if it were lost?

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Hi! I’m Erica, and I absolutely adore sharing my life on this website with you!

I come here almost daily to blab about all of the things related to being a regular wife and mother in today’s ever-evolving society. I share about our new home, what’s on our kitchen table, what we’re hanging in our closets, where we’re traveling to next, my crazy 5 a.m. work outs, how I make time for girlfriends, our faith, and much more. We always have a lot of balls in the air and somewhat thrive on the chaos.

I believe in the power of story-telling as a form of inspiration and entertainment, so I’m here to do both! I was born and raised in north Alabama and recently re-planted roots here again after my husband transitioned out of the Army (he is now in the Reserve and it’s going so well!) I’m a super proud mom to three little girls (ages 7, 5, and 1) who seem to be the stars of the show around here (for good reason – they’re pretty great!)

I’m so glad you found me and are here reading! I hope we can get to know each other here on the blog as well as Facebook and/or Instagram. xoxo

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