Have you met Jacque?

Baby Ella, 
this is your bestie, your favorite chewy, the coolest cat in town, as far as you're concerned. To you, there is no back story, no history of this teal sailor octopus. But Daddy & I have the imagination of children and like to think the following story is true. 

Jacque-topus was a drunken sailor who was sailing across the pacific on his way to a land of enchantment, when he had a bit too much to drink and bam! He fell overboard. But being an octopus+sailor= the best sea legs ever, pun intended. So float and float he did until he came on shore and ended up in Zuma, momma & poppas favorite beach, where we had a romantic picnic one summer afternoon (this part is true). Jacque maneuvered his way into the picnic basket and stowed away, waiting for the perfect moment to sneak into your room, and wait. In the meantime, he made friends with a fluffy white lamb, an oversized monkey and many other friendly creatures. And one day it happened, you laid eyes and tiny fingers on him and you've been inseparable ever since. 
You love to chew on his little white hat and pull on his legs, this way and that. You sometimes share your squash or whatever you've been eating with him. The juries still out on whether he likes sweet potatoes as much as you, but we'll go ahead and say that this little guy likes whatever you do. He'll always be a part of this family, even when hes tattered and missing a limb or two. Momma will just have to hone her sowing skills. 
Love you to bits and pieces, -Momma