All during my pregnancy I have been thoroughly entertained by my sweet husband preparing to be a daddy. Leo takes care of me, runs to the store, did the dishes, basically anything I didn't have the energy to do, he took care of it. As Baxter got older he would read him stories and try to listen to him through my belly and just last week he made Baxter a HAT! It is so cute! Tonight I woke up around 12:40 to Leo lying on my stomach singing softly, "I don't want to wake up mommy, but I want to play with you Baxter boy! Are you awake?" He then proceeded to tell Baxter a super cute story about Bo-Ji the marshmallow bunny peep with the moral being to always listen to mommy "so you don't turn into a pile of goo." I don't think he knew I was awake at this point.
My favorite part of the day is when Leo plays with Baxter. I swear, they already have a boys club! Leo can put his hand on Bax and talk to him and Baxter actually follows his hand kicking and hitting. When he stops and Leo says, "Kick me!" Baxter follows directions. Leo can read Seuss in a way that has Baxter dancing and jumping like a Mexican jumping bean and there is a huge surge of happy juice running through all of us. Leo encourages Baxter to take full advantage of his position over mommy's bladder and when I go streaking for the nearest restroom Leo laughs and says, "Baxter, you are the funniest boy I know!" He gets such a kick out of being a dad already, today he was trying to convince Bax that it was time for him to come because daddy was done waiting and wanted to play with him in person. If I have any hope of getting this boy out of me before my due date it is going to be because he can't wait to see his dad. I am so thankful for my sweetie and how wonderful he is to me and already is to Baxter. It brings me so much joy to feel their connection. I know that won't always be my privilege, but right now I am loving my front row seat!
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