Aidan the Daddy

“Look at all my babies!”

I couldn’t resist getting  a quick shot of Aidan’s work.  The only baby I see is the one he is in the process of covering up with the silk.  All the same, the quoted phrase above is what he said, quite proudly, to me when I walked in.  He had covered his bike, his brother’s bike, his baby stroller, the rocking chair, another small chair, and who knows what else with silks.  I guess those were all ‘his babies’ in some form or another.  This was on January first.  The silks were gifts for both boys for Christmas, but were also used for wrapping their other gifts with.

This morning, we had our monthly Houston babywearers meeting.  We hadn’t gone in quite a while because the boys had been sick and the holidays, etc.  It was a beautiful day (temps were in the 70s!) to go to the park and meet with other like-minded families.  Well, I think having a babywearing mama and being around all those other babywearing mamas finally got to him.  When we got home, Aidan finally asked to wear the ring sling that I bought for him before he could even walk.  The minute his baby was properly in his carrier, Aidan started swaying and singing to him.  My heart just melted.  Of course, I had to interrupt his play to get a picture of this momentous event.  When I came back with the video camera, his singing wavered a little, but it was still there.  After a while, he checked the baby and said, “baby’s still awake.”  His mind then went to, “he needs to burp.”  So, his little hand started patting his baby’s back to help baby burp.  What a thoughtful little daddy.  <3

Aidan, it wasn’t too long ago that your daddy and I were singing and swaying to our very first sweet little baby in that same manner.  My, how quickly you’ve grown.

Keep those sweet babies close to your heart!