The Jo Babies

A friend of ours gave us a baby swing her little ones had outgrown as our finally succumbed under Alex's weight. The swing came with a precious little mobile with three teddy bears hanging down. The mobile was quickly dismantled and Alex fell in love with these bears. He carried them around the living room, put them in the swing for a while, laid them down for a nap on the couch.

James picked up one of the bears and looked at it gingerly. Alex was about to throw a tantrum until James brought the bear over to me and said with gentle pride, "Look, Margaret! Here it is! My tummy baby popped out. It's name is Johanna." Hearing this, Alex put the other two bears under his shirt and rolled it so they would not fall out and ran around the room belly pooched out, pointing and laughing. James named Alex's babies Jomiah and Josiah. But James informed me that his bear is the FIRST Jo.

James then put some cushions by the swing, started pushing buttons on the side (no batteries yet) and said that he and the Jo babies are going on his motorcycle to the store to get only crackers and nothing else.

The next morning we put Evie in the swing for the first time. She really liked being on the same level as the boys. They took all of the new magnetic toys Alex got for his birthday and stuck them all over the frame of the swing. I think Evie felt that she was getting lots of attention because she was at the center of their play.

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