The Real McCoy

I bought this adorable little doggie beanie baby for myself, because I thought it was shoooo cute. With its wiry, shaggy brown hair, it looked just so slightly like our own pup. In fact, when Azuki was 8 weeks old, she was only slightly bigger than the stuffed toy.

When I got home, I made the mistake of putting the shopping bag on the ground, and before I knew it, Azuki had dug it out, wrestled with it, and was in a very serious attemtp to gnaw its little button nose off. Basically, she had claimed it her own. Now that she had slubbered all over it and made it smell like a real dog, I wasn't about to take the stuff animal as my bed buddy. So I whipped out the camera and did the next best thing. With some treats, I was able to convince her to pose with her new best friend and mini-me.

Meet Azuki the Red Bean, and Beanie, the beaniebaby!