So many of you have asked in the comments about our sweet bunny — what is her name, where did we get her, does Ella really carry her around all the time. I’ve been thinking for awhile now that I needed to share Bunny’s story and post pictures of her in lots of funny places!
Bunny was given to Ella by her Auntie K for her first Easter. It was a sweet, very inexpensive gift that we put in Ella’s room, but she paid little attention to. Sometime in late May she played with it all day and ended up taking it to bed with her. Since she had been carrying it around for a few days, we let her carry it to church the following Sunday morning. She was 8 months old, so it was easy to tell when she liked or disliked something. When I opened her car door at church, the bunny fell into the road, into a huge mud puddle! Needless to say, Ella couldn’t hold her even after I cleaned her up, Bunny was soaking wet. Ella cried the entire morning and as soon as we got home and Bunny all cleaned up, El was herself again. That afternoon, I spent hours on the internet looking for more bunnies… we clearly needed a spare! I bought three more bunnies over the course of the next few weeks (all much more expensive than bunny number one) and we now have four. One still has the tags on it and is on the shelf in Ella’s room, to cherish or share with her children one day. The other three are rotated, allowing us to wash them, mend them and have extras in case we leave one at Nana’s or Gran’s. Sometimes, she only carries one and calls the other bunnies “two bunny” and “other bunny”. Other times, she sleeps with all three. Bunny doesn’t have a name, but is a very important part of our family. All humans check and recheck to make sure Bunny is in tow before leaving the house. The canine member of our family steals Bunny on a regular basis, proving she knows just how important she really is.
As I started looking for pictures, I noticed that we didn’t have one until July 2007. I think this is around the time that bunny went EVERYWHERE with us. Prior to that, it wasn’t unusual for her to go a few days without paying her much attention. Starting in July, Bunny was spotted in many pictures. The one pictured here is our first documented Bunny sighting.
