Lex’s bear has to come everywhere with us.  He’s quite well-traveled by now:

Realizing that Bear is Lex’s favorite companion, I decided to order an identical replacement bear recently just in case this one ever gets lost.  But what I didn’t realize is how used and abused Mr. Bear already is.  The replacement arrived a few days ago, so Tim and I slipped in the substitution one day just to see what Lex’s reaction would be.  He grabbed the bear without looking, and then all of a sudden dropped it like a hot potato with a horrified look on his face.  In order to cover our tracks we immediately mumbled something about “This is Brother Bear” and then quickly switched back to the original before any tears were shed.  So hopefully we’ll hold on to the original, because apparently there’s no replacing Bear!