I'm so Bored that I had a baby just so I could carry it upstairs

So, that never actually happened, but let me explain.

This summer, I was in physical therapy, learning how to walk, and my physical therapist and I were discussing boys and how they have a bad habit of dropping me when they try to carry me up the stairs.

If these were the stairs, that would explain a lot...

She said, "By the time you're finished with physical therapy, you can carry them up the stairs."

I opined that they were too heavy, so she said, "Fine, you'll be able to carry a baby up the stairs." 

You see where this is going, don't you? 

"I don't have a baby," I said. 

I dropped him in the rain...

"Borrow one," she replied. 

Done.

"I don't think anybody's going to let me borrow their baby for physical therapy," I said.

"Well," my therapist said, "I guess you'll just have to have your own." 

So I did [not]. 

Bored Game: 

Answer: This number keeps changing. I believe the answer is currently 9. If you guessed 8 or 9, you may move forward one space. 

Question: What animal do I collect pictures/figurines/etc. of?