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We decided to tell my dad (Jimbo) on Friday evening right before flying to Michigan. This is because we weren’t sure that he could keep a secret so that my mom could have her surprise as he tends to tell all of his friends EVERYTHING. I have no idea how he didn’t get a clue about something going on as I called him about 1 week before to set up the dinner. That never happens – going out for lunch or dinner is generally a very last minute thing with us (because I don’t like to commit). So we met up at a great Chinese restaurant in downtown SB to surprise him. After ordering, we were just talking about nothing and I reached down and grabbed the box with the rattle in it and said that we picked something up for him. He thought it was a joke. After opening the package, he just looked at the rattle for about 30 seconds before saying “A barbell???” He thought that we were teasing him for joining the YMCA earlier in the week. A few seconds later, he looked up and said “This is a rattle!”. That’s when Hava told him to open the folded up piece of paper stuck on the lid. So he opened it and then figured out that he could not read it because he was not wearing his glasses. I think that we then told him that we were having twins. His reaction was the most subdued of anyone. You would have thought that we just told him that we were both infertile and that there would be nobody to carry the family name on. We were planning on recording his reaction, but unfortunately we forgot to bring the camera in, so no video. Instead, I have this little tidbit of goodness.
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jimbocrap1.mp3