Monday, 22 June 2009

• Jack Gives Birth to a Moose

  Yesterday, after several months of neglect, Moose (an adorable blue stuffed moose from Shelly) was rediscovered by Jack. Johnny and I had moved Moose into the crib, hoping that Baby Surprise might adopt him (and because Moose really matched the blue in our new crib bedding ). Of course, Jack is fascinated by anything his little brother will be using, so he went into the den yesterday and demanded to hold Moose. He then showered Moose with love by brushing Moose's teeth, hugging Moose tight, and, in the ultimate show of affection, pretended to be pregnant with Moose.

  Who do you think will give birth first?

  

  

  OK, to be fair, Johnny was the one who stuffed Moose up Jack's shirt for fun. But, Jack loved it, and the moment he was "pregnant," he ran around, sticking out his belly, patting it and saying, "Mommy! Mommy!" It was a pretty close impression, except I don't go around saying "Mommy." But to Jack, it must look like I'm just waddling around from room to room all the time. The cutest thing was that Jack then ran to the fireplace, stood on top of the granite and turned to his side to take his belly pic, just like me. I guess he really does pay attention when we do things! After a few moments of being pregnant, Jack would pull Moose out of his shirt (head first, of course!), say, "MOOSE!", hug him and then throw him on the ground. Hmm. Then he would want to repeat this about 10 times. There were a few occasions when Jack threw Moose into the Pack N Play after Moose was born, but mostly he decided the best way to treat a newborn was to grab it by the legs and whip it around while laughing maniacally. We will not be entrusting his little brother to him.

  Here's a video of Jack's pregnancy, labor and delivery:

  If only we could all have such quick gestations and birth experiences!

  In addition to witnessing the birth of our first grandchild, Johnny and I had a busy weekend. My mom's now all moved in! We spent Saturday afternoon getting various things settled around the house, and yesterday Johnny did some manly chores around the house after sleeping in (since he came in from Zach's bachelor party at 3:30 a.m. and also because it was Father's Day). We also took Jack to the park in our new double jogging stroller. In honor of Father's Day, I took some pictures of Johnny and Jack.

  Jack's pointing to a kite

  

  

  I accidentally cut Johnny out of the shot (sorry, sweetie!), but Jack's face is too cute for me not to share this one!

  

  Happy belated Father's Day to all the dads out there. I'm lucky to have a great father and father-in-law. And, of course it goes without saying, but Johnny is an amazing dad. I always knew he would be, but from day one, he has been there more than 100% for Jack (and me), and I know he'll do the same for Baby Surprise. He won't have as much time as he did when he was in business school for the first year of Jack's life, but I know the amount of attention he'll pay to our second son won't be any less. It's really heart-warming to see how much Jack looks up to Johnny. I can't wait to see Johnny with two adoring fans running after him!

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