Oh Where, Oh Where, Has My Bunny Rabbit Gone?

Whew! It has been one busy week. I have been so tired at night that I haven't posted since Monday. I have to tell you about a very CRAZY thing that happened yesterday! Many of you read my post about Liliana's Bunny Rabbit and how much she loves that thing. I think I even said in the post that I don't know what I would do if anything happened to it. Well, my worst nightmare almost came true yesterday.

We were having my in-laws over last night for dinner since my mother-in-law's birthday was on Wednesday. I dropped Gwynny off at preschool and stopped with Lily at our local grocery store Giant Eagle. Lily has been a bit more cranky than usual probably because she has a nasty runny nose and is getting more teeth! Her two front teeth to be exact. Anyways, she has been a bear lately. So I brought her bunny with us to help comfort her. She had the bunny in her arms as we entered the store. I went to the bakery and picked up a cake and then got a few other items to complete our meal. I was somewhat distracted in the store because Lily's nose started running like a faucet and of course whenever that seems to happen I never have a tissue. So I went to the front of the store and asked a woman who was cleaning with a roll of paper towels if I could have one. She gladly gave me one. I wiped Lily's nose and not even thinking began to unload my cart and check-out.

We came home. Lily was fed and went to therapy. Mind you I still don't realize that anything is wrong. After therapy we go pick up Gwynny and head home. We have lunch and play for awhile. Then it is almost 2 pm and time to go in for a nap. Where is Lily's bunny? I begin searching everywhere. Upstairs, downstairs, out in the van, but no bunny could be found. I am beginning to panic at this point. So I decide to call around to the places that we went in the morning. Both therapy and Giant Eagle said they didn't see anything. I was SICK ! So what did I do but bundled the kids up loaded up the car and headed over to Giant Eagle because I just had to see for myself. I really felt that if I lost the bunny it had to be at Giant Eagle because that is where Lily took the bunny in.

Well, I scope out the parking lot with no luck. I even asked a guy that was gathering carts if he had seen anything and he said no. So into the store we went in the cart that looks like a car in the front, yet drives like a tank. Gwynny loves that thing! Anyways, we searched the store, tracing the steps I had taken earlier. Then what to my wondering eyes should appear but a pink, long-eared bunny rabbit sitting in a Jello pudding display box down the baking aisle! What it's Lily's bunny! Gwynny cheered, "Yeah!" We probably looked hilarious cheering in the store, but man was I happy! I texted Bill when it happened and he was really up too. He began looking on E-bay to see if he could find another one. Well, just our luck they don't make that one anymore. Bill did find one comparable to the one she has so he went ahead and ordered it just so we can try to get her used to it so we have a back-up.

In the end, I am glad we found Mr. Bunny and I sure learned a lesson yesterday. Never bring Mr. Bunny Rabbit into a store again because Lily will inevitably pitch him over the side of the cart. Also always have a back-up.