you may remember our post about ellie’s favorite stuffed animal, baby bear. he is her love, the one she sleeps with every night, the one she uses to self-soothe by chewing on his tail (formerly his nose and ears, too, but she mostly leaves those alone now).

you may also remember how frustrated we were when we looked into buying baby bear’s twin (just in case) only to find he was recently retired, which meant we couldn’t find him anywhere for less than $50.

i was ready to throw in the towel. “maybe we’ll just get her the blue one,” i thought. “maybe the difference in color won’t phase her.” but did ryan give up on baby bear’s pink identical twin? no, he did not! just this week he managed to find a brand new baby bear, from a “non-smoking home” with original tags and all, from a woman in seattle looking to sell him on ebay … for $24! hallelujah!

sure, $24 may seem like a lot of money to spend on a little pink bear, but to ellie (and to us) he’s priceless <3

here they are together, OGBB and his twin for safe keeping:

welcome to your new home, BB2!