My Bears

I got this idea from my friend, Candy's blog at Candy and Roses, it seems we share the love for cuddly teddy bears. She wrote about some of her bear collection and I want to tell a little about a few of mine. The first one is a bear that I've had since I was 12 years old, I got it for Christmas that year. My mom and I used to visit this little store called Vine Designs. They always had hot apple cider and cookies there so of course I loved it! I spotted this precious find several months before Christmas and my mom went back and got it for me soon after. I like to think that I saved this bear because that cute little shop burnt down soon after.This next one is one I've had for almost 3 years now. My husband (at the time he wasn't my husband just yet) went to Build-a-Bear workshops and built this one for me. The significance of this bear is that after he made him, he dressed him in just a cute little baby blue t-shirt...the reason, I had just found out that my sister was having a boy! He knew how excited I was about my sister having a little boy and me getting a nephew:)
And the last one I'm going to tell you about is my newest bear, I've only had him for about 2 months. It has become tradition now that Jason builds me a bear to remember certain occasions, or for certain circumstances. This one was another one that Jason made for me. He gave him to me for Valentine's Day so that when he left, I'd have this bear to squeeze at night. He dressed him in the Marine dress blues uniform and he even came with a hat (that is still packed b/c it kept falling off and I didn't want to lose it in the move). Now if you've never been to a Build-a-Bear, you need to try and visit. It's so neat. You get to pick out the heart that goes in them and stuff them, pull the stitches to seal it up, name it, print out a birth certificate, and pick out it's outfit(s). Jason picked out the purple heart for the diabetes foundation, it donates $1.00 for every heart. He named it after him, of course, and added the heart that he is holding to be a little reminder that he loves me when he can't tell me himself due to being gone.
I have lots more, but many of them are in our storage unit. So, therefore, I figured I'd just share my 3 favorite ones that stayed with me during all the moving from there to here, from here to there. Aren't they just sweet?