5th Member of our family

How she uses him as a pillow!

Along for a trip to the Hockey party

Her 9 month picture

Prepping for surgery!

He is resting from his surgery!

So the other day I came to the realization that we have a fifth member to our family. Yes, I know this is going to sound crazy, but it is totally true!!! Bear Bear is our fifth member!! Bear Bear, in case you don't know, is Jennifer's bear that she got for her first Christmas present, and I don't think she has ever put him down since she got him. See, her bedroom theme is all bears, so I wanted to continue that idea into her first Christmas gift, well now almost a year later, that Bear is pretty much attached to her.
The other morning Jenn was running around the house yelling Uh-Oh, Uh-Oh, Uh-Oh, so I check to see why she is freaking out, and I notice that Bear Bear has lost his red bow. Oh, Lord I thought she was going to pass out because I had to take him from her and perform emergency surgery. Luckily Daddy was home to help hug Jenni while I stuck a giant needle into Bear Bear to reattach the bow onto Bear Bear's neck.
It amazes me that she has had this bear for almost a year now and I never even thought about how she loves this thing, he is sooooo dirty and desperately needs a bath, which she has tried to take him into the bath tub with her, but how do I take him away from her to wash him without dealing with the end of the world coming :) He goes everywhere with us, the store, to a visit at Grandmas house and I have even put him in pictures with her. If she does not have him to sleep for naps or at bedtime, LORD I do NOT want to even have to think about that one!!!! Sometimes we have had to have search parties to find where he was hiding, those were close times I tell you!
If he makes her happy, that I am happy to call him part of our family!!