One of Kathryn’s first words was “bob”. No, this wasn’t in reference to a beloved relative or cuddly toy, but Bob the Tomato of VeggieTales. Because at first the only thing Kathryn watched on the TV (or in our case the computer) was VeggieTales, soon anything she watched was called “bob”. So when Kathryn said “bob”, we knew that meant she wanted to watch a video, and we’d tell her to choose a “bob”.
The older she got, the more “bobs” we obtained. As Kathryn learned more words, she would clarify which “bob” she 
wanted to watch. A few months ago we bought the movie “Cars” for Darryl. I didn’t want Kathryn playing with it, so I called it “Daddy’s Bob” and that seemed to keep her disinterested.
After awhile, though, she wanted to watch “Daddy’s Bob”. Soon it became her favorite thing to watch, and she watched it everyday at least once during the end of my pregnancy and the first few weeks after Amelia was born. This week I decided I wanted to start exercising again, so I got out the exercise video I used after 
Kathryn was born. Without me saying anything, Kathryn said this was “Mommy’s Bob”. I assumed she would think this was very boring – who would watch a workout video just for fun? But Kathryn has requested “mommy’s bob” several times this week! And she has sat and watched it for several minutes! Once I saw her stepping up on the phone books I have taped together for my “step”.