It is hard to simply clean up once our babies leave us. I totally understand how cleaning the nose prints from the window or picking up outside is so hard to do because if we do those things, it seems like we won't have them with us anymore. My 15 year old son won't let me wash Cloe's blanket either because it smells like her. My husband came home from work and found him resting on her blanket smelling it. I just printed the first photo of him and Cloe at Christmas 2000 and his later photo with her on 1/26/09 and he has them in his room. They had that special bond. The special bond we all have with our babies will always stay with us as long as we can hang onto those special things of theirs. Don't wash Minnie's blanket, simply keep it in that special place she always like to hang out. Cloe's is on the corner of the couch she spent most of her napping moments. That's a place we can always go when we need her comforting even though she may not be there in body, we know she'll always be here in spirit. Pulling pictures together, setting up a special place for her favorite toys, etc. has been helping us a lot, and having YorkieTalk.com has been my savior. Hang in there
