Bear

Ms. Crazy Preschooler has never really had any special animal or toy that she loved better than the rest or needed to sleep, but Gus does. I was shopping one day and I found this little bear with a music box inside, and I just felt like I should get it for Gus even though I really don't ordinarily do that kind of a thing. It just seemed so . . . Gus. And it was. From the moment he opened the box I wrapped it in on Christmas morning, Bear has hardly left his sight and he doesn't sleep without it. Bear is chewed. Bear is slobbered. Bear serves as a fuzzy Kleenex. He figured out how to put the string to make the music box work right away, and he just roams around with musical Bear every day.

This past weekend we went on a trip to Nebraska to see my cousin get married. It was a long car ride, and one time I looked back and Gus had fallen asleep snuggling Bear. I just had to take a few pictures.