Rudi

He came to Texas from Chicago. It was a gift from a granddaughter to her ailing grandpa.

Years later, we saw the bear for a very first time when a lady (grandpa's wife) brought Rudi for our church game. The bear was to be one of the bingo prizes and its name was different then. 

We very much wanted to win him but another lady (of German descent) did, and took the guy home. We believed he was gone and we would never see him again.

Later, the lady who originally owned Rudi found out, the bingo winner had knitted him a costume and put the bear on sale at the Lutheran Fall Festival. Nobody bought him there so its original owner, grandpa's wife, got it back and brought to us. We named the bear Rudi and gave him the red hat to complete his German-like outfit. He is a great hugger and home Bobo protector.

Our newest Bobo

It appeared our Rudi wanted to come to us and be part of our family. Yey!