now he knows...

...what it feels like to be pregnant.

ok, not really, but he has a little bit of an idea

- thanks to this 40 lb vest that has a stomache, and quite the chest i might add :)

he even had to sit in a chair, bend over, and try to pick something up...

but with his long arms - he made it seem quite easy.

i didn't hear the grunt that usually exits my mouth when doing this very similar task :)

oh look! we are now a family of 3 + 1 weighted attachment :)
christmas card photo!?!? probably not.
i'm sure we'll want to show off the 'real thing' then :)

but really........

i have more to say than silly jokes about mr. leif's manbaby-weighted-attachment thingy.

you see, the purpose of having the baby-daddy's put on this vest, is to give them a better picture of what the baby-momma is experiencing, so they might be more sympathetic towards them. to understand the uncomfortableness and awkwardness of carying a child :) they ask them to lay down, switch sides, bend over, tie their shoes....etc.....

why? because sometimes men need a little push in the whole sympathetic category.

but.

not mr. leif.

he's everything a sympathetic baby-daddy should be :)

really though........i'm so thankful that this vest wasn't really an eye-opener for him, he's already showed his appreciation for what i'm going through long before our childbirth class.......and i know he'll continue to show it into the wee hours of labor and beyond :)