Teddy Pics

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For those of you who did not suffer through roughly four years of new parent blogging from me, you are probably not aware of our teddy picture habit.  Starting with Louise was around 8 weeks old (and then the same for Vivian), I took pictures next to the same teddy bear to show how they've grown.  For a while it was weekly, then monthly and now semi-annually (timed to birthdays.)  Keeping the tradition alive, we brought one of the teddy's - the other was TOO big (and Vivi is very unhappy with me.)  But we are keeping the tradition alive!

I've posted the most recent picture (taken a month or so late) and some prior pictures to give you a sense of things.  Enjoy!

First - for scale.  The pink one is Louise's and goes by Pinky.  It was a gift from Grandma Inge and Grandpa Warren and was a great size.  I wanted something similar for Vivian and ordered myself.  Clearly I got the size of "Whitey" wrong.   
LOUISE
Louise at 1 year
Louise at 2 years
Louise at 3 years
Louise at 4 years
Louise at around 5 years
Louise at 6
Louise at 7
Louise at 8 years!

 VIVIAN

Vivian at 1
Vivian at 2 and acting like it! 
Vivian at 3
Vivian at almost 4
Vivian at 4 1/2
Vivian at 5
Vivian at 6
Vivian at around 6 1/2. Pinky is begrudgingly in the photo.  She prefers "Bear Bear" as a stand in.





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  1. Amy NMarch 21, 2015 at 9:34 AM

    This is so sweet. One day hopefully the same teddys will pose with your grandchildren :)

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