The Adventures of Sock Monkey

Before my daughter was born, we were trying to figure out the best way to decorate the nursery. The challenge, at the time we had no idea if we were having a boy or a girl. For some time now, my wife and I have been giving a "Sock Monkey" as a gift to the children of friends and family. Not sure why that started but I'm sure it was Monica's doing as I had never heard of Sock Monkey. Well while Monica was chatting with her boss they came up with a brilliant idea, a "Sock Monkey" themed nursery. We had already come up with some basic neutral ideas for the nursery and Monica tepidly came up to me and started to get ready to argue her case for a "Sock Monkey" themed nursery. I told her "Stop. you had me at Sock Monkey." Well with that came an idea. I'm sure it isn't original but we put a request on Facebook for photos of "Sock Monkey" traveling around and having fun before the baby was born and here are the results... Some of the photos I took but the majority are from friends around the country including a lot of my favorites from photographer and photojournalist Crystal Chatham from Palm Springs, CA. You can tell from her photos that she not only really got into this but really enjoyed it. Thanks Crystal!