a trip to the toy store

(Part 1 of this story)
When I was pregnant with Jbear (a few months before we even found out we were having a boy) Joel and I were walking around the city and stumbled into a store selling everything related to babies and kids.  It was so early into the pregnancy that thoughts of cribs, high chairs, and the like weren't on our radar quite yet.  But I just didn't want to leave the store empty handed.

We stood in front of a wall of stuffed animals and went back on forth on which one to choose.  I don't know what it is but I LOVE plush toys.  I always knew I didn't want a house full of plastic and loud kids stuff (which I've kind of stuck to) but stuffed animals get me all the time.  I am truly surprised my son doesn't have a crib full of them.  Anyway.... we finally decided on a monkey.



I remember coming home with the monkey sweetly wrapped in a gift bag and just thinking, "what did we just buy and who is this monkey for?"  When the nursery did come together I would place the monkey on the crib thinking how one day our baby will be here.  Although Jbear is obsessed with his bear that his Auntie in London got him and could care less for this monkey- he means something to me.  Two people clueless about the journey ahead of them innocently making their first purchase for their soon to be baby.

Last week I was 17 weeks into my second pregnancy and just realized that I would like to pick out another stuffed animal.  But wouldn't it be sweet to have the, soon to be, big brother do it?!!  So we headed to the toy store:


Very eager to look at the "animals"




Joel and I had our favorites but we decided to let J make the final say.


decisions, decisions!


A little moo cow for himself (although on the ride home he kept baaa-ing because he thought it was a sheep).

It sounds so silly... picking out a stuffed animal as if Jbear truly knew the meaning behind our excursion. But it meant so much to me!  My baby boy is going to be a big brother and now he is part of the story- the preparations and excitement over our growing family.  And grow it will!!!


So here are Jbear's choices.  It's not that we let our son pick two animals out of indecision.  He picked one for each sibling.

We're having twins!!!