Ross: future Daddy Extraordinaire
"Though I married Ross for a myriad of reasons, lately I've been congratulating myself on falling for a guy who is going to be an excellent dad. I really have nothing to do with the following proofs of his parenting potential, but I take pride in them none-the-less.
Proof 1:
Our friend Hunter was visiting the city (and her family and friends here) with her seven month old daughter, Viola. Viola has got to be the cutest little blondie with blue eyes I've ever seen. If we didn't like Hunter and her husband, Jeff, so much I think Ross and I would be tempted to keep Viola for our own (it would have saved me all the pain of delivery, that's for sure).
During this visit with Hunter and Viola, Ross couldn't focus on anything else but Vi. He constantly wanted to hold her. He fed her. He burped her. However, he did not volunteer to change her... he's not that daring just yet. Viola had a great time with Ross. She was all smiles the entire time she was with him.
The best part of the day was when we all decided to head to the open air market. Ross timidly asked, 'If you want, I could take Vi in the Baby Bjorn?' It was a casual offer, but there was no questioning that Ross really, really wanted to walk around with Viola strapped to his front.
People couldn't get enough of Ross and Vi. They came up, cooed at her, talked to Ross about her. It made me realize that I'm never letting Ross out of the house with our baby alone -- complete chick magnet!
When Vi's pacifier dropped on the ground, Ross dutifully rinsed it off before letting her suck away on it again. When I pulled out money for our ice cream Ross admonished me for holding it so close to her, 'Get that dirty money away from her, it's covered with germs.'
Viola enjoyed holding on to Ross's fingers with her strong little hands, and floating above the ground securely attached to him. Ross will do just fine if we have a little girl!
Proof 2:
Ross has magical powers. If Bucky is tap dancing away as I'm trying to sleep, as has been the case the last few nights, all I have to do is ask Ross to put his hand on my belly. As sad as it is that he doesn't get to feel the kick-kick-kicks, we don't really mind because Bucky stops, for the whole night. I think Ross's hand must radiate different heat or pressure than mine does, and it puts Bucky right to sleep. Which puts me right to sleep, which lets him get to sleep as well. He's a real family man.
Ross will definitely be the one to put our baby to bed each night. I tell you, he's got magical dad-powers."
--Clare, 9/20/05
Proof 1:
Our friend Hunter was visiting the city (and her family and friends here) with her seven month old daughter, Viola. Viola has got to be the cutest little blondie with blue eyes I've ever seen. If we didn't like Hunter and her husband, Jeff, so much I think Ross and I would be tempted to keep Viola for our own (it would have saved me all the pain of delivery, that's for sure).
During this visit with Hunter and Viola, Ross couldn't focus on anything else but Vi. He constantly wanted to hold her. He fed her. He burped her. However, he did not volunteer to change her... he's not that daring just yet. Viola had a great time with Ross. She was all smiles the entire time she was with him.
The best part of the day was when we all decided to head to the open air market. Ross timidly asked, 'If you want, I could take Vi in the Baby Bjorn?' It was a casual offer, but there was no questioning that Ross really, really wanted to walk around with Viola strapped to his front.
People couldn't get enough of Ross and Vi. They came up, cooed at her, talked to Ross about her. It made me realize that I'm never letting Ross out of the house with our baby alone -- complete chick magnet!
When Vi's pacifier dropped on the ground, Ross dutifully rinsed it off before letting her suck away on it again. When I pulled out money for our ice cream Ross admonished me for holding it so close to her, 'Get that dirty money away from her, it's covered with germs.'
Viola enjoyed holding on to Ross's fingers with her strong little hands, and floating above the ground securely attached to him. Ross will do just fine if we have a little girl!
Proof 2:
Ross has magical powers. If Bucky is tap dancing away as I'm trying to sleep, as has been the case the last few nights, all I have to do is ask Ross to put his hand on my belly. As sad as it is that he doesn't get to feel the kick-kick-kicks, we don't really mind because Bucky stops, for the whole night. I think Ross's hand must radiate different heat or pressure than mine does, and it puts Bucky right to sleep. Which puts me right to sleep, which lets him get to sleep as well. He's a real family man.
Ross will definitely be the one to put our baby to bed each night. I tell you, he's got magical dad-powers."
--Clare, 9/20/05
posted by RB at 11:09 AM
1 Comments:
i'm sorry but that photo is TOO cute! uncle ross is the best!
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