Thursday, January 13, 2021

Welcoming Jordan's Son!

Yesterday as KW was ending, we learned that Jordan's baby boy was born.  We are so excited for him!  Yesterday, the Rainey contingent of KW knew that Jordan and his wife were in the hospital. They shared the following reflections and insight throughout the afternoon!

From Wednesday, January 12th:
   Lily - Jordan's at the hospital having his baby.  But he's not the one having the baby.
   Bea - Yeah, he has to spend time with his baby.  He can't just stay at school.
   Wilder - Yeah, he'll have to do all the things I did when I had a baby.  Like change the stinky diapers.  And I sang to my baby. 
    Brigitte - What kind of baby did you have?
    Wilder- An average baby.  A girl.  
    Remy - When I was a baby, I was allergic to eggs.
    Finlay - We know he's going to be a boy, but we don't know what kind of skin he will have.
    Wilder - We don't know what color his hair will be.
    Lily - And the Rainey Room thought the baby's name should be Marshmallow.  
   Cape - And I thought the name should be Pistachio.
    Remy - My baby was in a clear tank.  He was so, so, so cute.  He was almost as small as a mouse.  He was the cutest baby you ever saw.  And a lot of times he grabs our hair and pulls. 

We put our baby care ideas into practice with the school's new dolls! (Photos on the left.)

Today, our Tucker children learned Jordan's news and had the following responses:
    Reed - So, where's Jordan?
    Audrey - He's with his baby.
    Nora - I wonder what the little boy's name is?
    Jill - (At the time of this conversation, we did not have the name yet). Do you have any suggestions?
    Reed - It's a boy.  I don't have nay boy names.  Max?  Or Sam?  I was going to say Isabelle, but that's a girls name.
    Marley - Alex.  Wait, did Jordan have a baby?
    Jill - Yes! He had a baby boy yesterday!
    Marley - Did he have a baby in his tummy?
    Jill - No, but his wife did?
    Reed - Yeah, we saw he had a (wedding) ring.
    Audrey - My daddy thinks I was a baby in his tummy, but I was really a baby in my mommy's tummy.
    Lochie - When Betsy was new, she would cry if we tried to hold her.
    Nora - I'll tell you what they mostly do.  Eat, sleep, poop, and cry.
    Reed - Well, they're not trained at first.
    Nora - My baby smiles a lot.  
A little later, some children looked at a photo of the new baby.
    Giacomo - He looks like I looked when I was a baby.

Welcome to our World, Tristan Vincent Price-Smith!

Janie's portrait of Tristan

Nora's portrait of Tristan