Our Teddy Bear Tree

The first Christmas we were married, Brendan's sister Jessica gave us a giant christmas bear. The following year, for Jordan's first Christmas, my mom made a cute teddy bear ornament in his honor. So those were the beginnings of our Teddy Bear tree. Twenty years later we have continued adding a new teddy bear ornament every year. Sometimes we have just bought a cute little stuffed bear, sometimes my mom has found one for us.

This is also the tree that we put all of our cherished ornaments that kids have made through the years...so fun to see the ones with their pictures on them, many of which they have missing teeth. So while we enjoy our nice big tree in the front room, it's our little Teddy Bear tree that holds the memories that mean the most to us.