This story has two parts to it.

Part 1:
For her first Christmas, Anne Marie Saunders, Emma's cousin somewhere down the line (she is the daughter of her Grandmothers cousin), had Emma for Polyanna. She gave her a pink baby doll that we have been calling "Dolly". Partly because Anne Marie had one that she loved and called her "Dolly", and partly because the name fit the subject. She has loved "Dolly" and she's gone just about eveywhere with us. The last couple of months "Dolly" had been replaced by "duck" (a stuffed animal that just so happens to be a duck). "Dolly" was kept in the van in case of emergency, but "Duck" has been going with her everywhere. She still likes "Dolly", but "Duck" has become her favorite.

Part 2:
Emma is in this phase now where she is desperately trying to assign names to everyone and everything. Our friend Elizabeth is now, "Bit", my parents are now "Baba" and "Papa", my sister is now "Pump" (that's another story for another time). Anyway, a couple of weeks ago Braz's friend, Matt, was over at our house. Emma quickly picked up on his name and in the next weeks started calling for "Matt" over and over, especially in the car. On Friday I noticed she was becoming especially upset over the fact that she was calling for "Matt" and I didn't seem to be producing him for her. In desperation, I gave her "Dolly". She was satisfied for about 2 minutes. Then she started saying "Matt" again. I looked in the review mirror. She was pointing to her pink and white baby doll, who used to be "Dolly". I said, "Dolly?" Emma shook her head and said, "No, No, Matt". So, humoring her, I said "Matt?" Emma said "da", which is Emma for "yes", then settled down with "Matt" and started looking out the window. Ever since then, "Matt" -used to be "Dolly"- seems to have become her favorite again, but only if we call her/him/it by her/his/its proper name, "Matt". Braz is wondering if there are girl names we could say have abbreviated to "Matt". I suggested "Madeline", but he said that wouldn't do because it doesn't have a "t" in it. When I pointed out that "Braswell" doesn't have a "z" in it he was speechless, but still doesn't think that "Madeline" is "Matt's" proper name. So he's thinking "Matilda". That's fine. It doesn't really matter, because for now, she's "baby Matt" or "Matt".