i was messing around with my camera last week, and asked sarah if i could take some test shots of her. it was getting late, and i meant something quick in the backyard. next thing i knew, she had 3 different outfit changes and props to go along with them. i went through the first two looks, taking pictures, but not getting any great shots. then she came out in the third outfit. pajamas and her teddy bear.
i am so glad that she did that. i have been saying for ages now that i wanted to get some photos of her and teddy. i would have probably taken some photos in her room or something, when i got around to it. but she had so much fun posing these for me.
sarah has had teddy since she was about 6 months old. and she's going to be 11 years old next month. teddy has always been there. she was attached to him since day one, and carried him everywhere she went. everywhere. teddy in one hand, and a bottle of milk in the other.
her hands look so big now, holding him. i can remember her little chubby hands holding on to him, way back when. and she always held on. i'm sure we might have lost him a few times along the way. but she really did keep a good hold on this guy.
she loves her teddy just as much now as she did back then. he's always around. usually on her bed, waiting for her to climb in at night and hug him tight. but occasionally, i will find him out on the couch where she's been watching TV. or downstairs, after she carried him down in the morning and then left him there.
and his poor little arm has held up well over the years. sarah used to rub on teddy's ears as a way of comforting herself. but she also picked at the fur on his arm. alyssa did this too, picking the fuzz off her comfort item of choice (that's another story, another day). slowly, over time, he just lost all the fur on his arm and was left with only the netting that holds him all together. but he's held up and has never lost a limb yet 😉
thank you, dear teddy. for being a constant friend and companion to our sarah bear. yep, that's what we have called sarah for years and years. "sarah bear". probably had something to do with her love of her teddy. thank you for always being there for her. when she was sad or upset, and needed comforting. or when she was happy and wanted someone to snuggle up with. you have been through so much over the last 10.5 years of her life, and we love you for it 🙂
Laura Vegas 
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