The story of the Blue Shirt

Just so you don't start thinking that we are poor and only have a few shirts for our little boy I thought I would explain why this shirt will probably show up in a LOT more future photos. Dominic took a nap before our family photo and we woke him up so we wouldn't miss our appointment. I simply grabbed his photo clothes and threw him in his car seat. I thought this would give him more time to wake up before changing his clothes for the photo. Right before our picture I changed his pants and went to put his other shirt on ....bad mistake. Dominic threw a HUGE fit screaming and grabbing at his blue striped shirt. The only way we got him to take the picture was to promise that he could put his blue shirt on right after we were done. He held us to it. Ever since he has had a big connection to this shirt and insists that he wear it EVERY day. If the shirt is dirty (and is in the hamper) he will still carry it around and announce to everyone that it is his favorite shirt and that he will wear it when it is clean (of course he says this using sign language and grunts.) He is SO insistent on wearing the shirt that he will permit me to roll up his sleeves and put a bib on him during meals so that it doesn't get dirty--therefore preventing him from wearing it two days in a row. Normally he doesn't want either done. I guess we are lucky since he chose a fairly nice shirt to be his favorite. I mean it could have been some ugly, gaudy, character shirt of sponge bob or Elmo (not that we own either). So if you see my boy wearing this shirt, over and over and over again. Just know that we allow it because it brings him such joy. You should see his face in the morning when he sees that his favorite shirt is clean just waiting to be put on.......it is like Christmas morning all over again.