A toy from Wisconsin played a crucial role in the relationship the San Marcos community formed with a one-year-old girl and her family.

“Everywhere in her baby book is Woody,” said Shaunna Tello, the girl’s mother. “(The) girl has been obsessed with him since she was like four months old … no lie.”

Gia was on a road trip with her family when she lost her best friend, Woody, in San Marcos and couldn’t find him before returning home.

Woody has been a part of every chapter and every memory in little Gia’s life.

She and her buddy have traveled all over the country, including recently when her family took a trip from Wisconsin to the Lone Star state.

“Anywhere west of the Mississippi, we tried to stop, and Woody came was right there with us,” Tello said. “Having him and taking pictures wit

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