The story of LBM, Domo, and Domo 2D.

Once upon a time the Mister worked at a call center. He and his co-workers had LBM (Little Brown Monster). LBM would travel from cubical to cubical. Whenever LBM would grace the Mister's cubical with his presence I would receive pictures like these.

Oh, how I wanted a LBM of my own. Who wouldn't?
Then, during one magical night spent at Golfland this happened.

Right now you're probably asking yourself, "This is all fine and good, but what does it have to do with LBM?" Well, would you believe me if I told you that when we went to buy prizes with our tickets there was a wall-full of LBM's? It's true. Ok, maybe not a wall-full, but there were LBM's that needed a home. And one of them came home with me that fateful night.

I felt that LBM was a little impersonal for a name. Therefore, we named our LBM Domo. (The name may or may not have been on his tag. There'd be no way of knowing.)

Shortly after we brought Domo home we took him on his first road trip. (He had a new cousin in Idaho that we just had to meet.) Naturally, being the doting parents that we are, we had to take amillionbagillion pictures to document Domo's first trip.

Here he is all ready to go.
Can't you just see the excitement in his cute little face?

This is the first time he saw snow.
Again, he's so excited.

Here he is all tucked in at our hotel in SLC.
He was too excited to sleep.

Helping me crochet in the car.
He's just an excited boy, ok?

This is one of his first moments in Idaho.
Once again, so excited!

When we finally reached the Brother-in-law and Sister-in-law-in-law's house we partied like it was 2011.. McDowell-style! How does one party like it's 2011.. McDowell-style, you ask? Well, it's hard to put in words, so I'll just show you.

It requires lots of yummy food.. like this.

It involves crazy-awesome activities.
Like playing in the snow.
Why yes! I did make those amazing hats.

Cute little baby-faces like this are a must!
Which is always my favorite part of a McD party.

And lots and lots of fun with cousins.
This is Blank. Trying to make Domo's excited face.
In case you couldn't tell.

We were so sad when it was time to leave. (Rumor has it that plans for another trip may already be in the making.) In the all the commotion of packing the cars, saying good-byes, and trying to get on our way before a snowstorm Domo may have hidden from us. We were already on the road before we noticed his absence. I know, I know, this is probably one of the reasons we don't have a real child yet. And to make matters worse, we didn't even turn around to get him. We figured he'd be loved by his newly adopted family until we saw them again. Obviously we were mistaken.

Before we knew it, we started receiving disturbing pictures. Pictures that often included threats, and ransom notes. These next pictures are pretty graphic in nature.. you may want to close your eyes while scrolling down. Consider yourself warned.

It was about 10 degrees outside when this picture was taken.
Who knows how long he was left out there!

This picture was sent with a ransom note.
"I need $2 in small unmarked bills,
or the WD-40 gets lit."

Seeing how we weren't able to respond to the ransom note until the next day, we figured it was too late for Domo. So, we did what any parent would do. We went back to Golfland, and won us another LBM! Yes, I am aware that this may be yet another reason we don't have a human child. But, what's done is done, and we have named our new LBM Domo 2D.

He was so excited to come home with us!

Note: After bringing Domo 2D home, it was confirmed that Domo was still alive and well. And I am happy to announce that his newly adopted family has changed their ways, and they are now treating him very well. They even made him a special St. Patrick's Day lunch.