Bear

Wait, not Bear. Bear Bear.

Here’s his mug shot.

Bear was born some time in 2010. I honestly can’t remember exactly when that year Nonna gave the 3 oldest kids each a white bear.  But, at the time, we were still trying to get Gabe to like tigger. Since Callie had piglet and Gustav had eeyore, it was only natural that Gabe should have tigger. He NEVER liked tigger. No matter how many times we tried to get him to.

Then, in walks Bear Bear. Here are a couple of the earliest pics of Gabe and Bear Bear.

December 2010

January 2011, October 2010

There was a short stint when he adopted all 3 of the bears, however there was never any doubt which one was Bear Bear. You could hold all 3 up to him and he would immediately be able to pick out Bear Bear. It was during the summer of 2011, when we nicknamed Gabe Goldilocks (and the 3 bears) because of his curly, bleach-blonde hair.

We also tested out “Scout” for a bit. Unfortunately, he never held a candle to Bear Bear.

Soon, though, he discarded the other 2 bears and he and Bear Bear became best buds. You get the picture.

Now, fast forward to last summer. Gabe and Bear Bear even made it into the National Enquirer with Daddy.

Now, when Gabe has to play “alone”, he and Bear Bear will sometimes play board games together. But, mostly, the just go everywhere together.

Elderberries, the doctor… and we even show our little brother how to care for bears…

We now realize the importance of Bear Bear in Gabe’s life so we take things a little more seriously these days…