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"Jennifer Lopez is expanding her family with boyfriend Casper Smart! The couple of more than a year recently adopted a puppy together -- a little brown boxer they named &amp;quot;Bear.&amp;quot;\r\nSmart, 25, tweeted the news on Thursday, Jan. 17. &amp;quot;Introducing the new addition to the family...&amp;quot; he wrote alongside a picture of the pooch. &amp;quot;Welcome home.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nLopez, already a mom to 4-year-old twins Max and Emme, her kids with ex-husband Marc Anthony, retweeted her beau&amp;apos;s announcement, with an added note about the pup&amp;apos;s name. &amp;quot;So happy!&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;LilBabyBear. Could get confusing!&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Bear&amp;quot; isn&amp;apos;t just the couple&amp;apos;s pet&amp;apos;s name; it&amp;apos;s also their pet name for each other. Both Lopez and Smart have used it in the past as a term of endearment on Twitter.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today is OURS!!&amp;quot; the &amp;quot;Dance Again&amp;quot; singer, 43, wrote on the micro-blogging site for her one-year anniversary with Smart in October. &amp;quot;Thank you for sharing your beautiful smile with me everyday!&amp;quot;\r\nHer man responded in kind. &amp;quot;Happy 1 year anniversary to the most gorgeous, kind, sweet, funny, beautiful lil Bear in the world...&amp;quot; he said on Oct. 25.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nAdopting a puppy together is a big step, but Lopez and her love seem stronger than ever these days. &amp;quot;[Casper&amp;apos;s] fantastic; he&amp;apos;s like my best friend,&amp;quot; the former American Idol judge told Harper&amp;apos;s Bazaar in a recent interview. &amp;quot;I can tell him everything, when I&amp;apos;m feeling down, when I&amp;apos;m feeling good. He gives moral support, endless love and support.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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