Most girls can admit to owning a small Beanie Baby collection during some point of her childhood. Many get rid of their bean-filled companions as the children grow older.

However, sophomore Jessica Brow did not discard childhood collection of Beanie Babies. Instead, she felt the desire to let her collection grow.

Since she was about two years old, Brown has constantly added new members to her collection of Beanie Babies. Most of the additions to the collection, she has received from her parents. Brown’s collection has grown to be massive due to all of these donations.

“I’m not even joking. I have [almost] a thousand!” she said.

These days, the collection is so large that many of the Beanie Babies are still in the original packaging.

“I’m just too lazy to take them out of the boxes. I have so many,” she said.

There are many  unique Beanie Babies within her collection. Brown owns many Beanie Babies from out of state areas and foreign cities.

“If they go on a trip, they’ll bring one back from that city,” she said.

Brown’s favorite piece of the collection is her customized teddy bear Beanie Baby with her name on it.

“It’s pink,” she said, “and it says my name on it. It’s so cute!”