The Belly Molester Strikes Again.

Remember how I told you about Kael's fascination with Shana's belly? Each time he sees her, he loves on her belly, so much so that he's all but molesting her. Rubbing on it, smiling at it, lifting up Shana's shirt to get some skin... it's pretty cute. Shana's been a good sport about the whole thing. We mostly laugh when it happens, she'd shoot me a look (the one that says Get on the baby wagon, Sonya) and once in a while she'd get a little uncomfortable with Kael's belly love -- usually when he tries to lift her shirt -- but always manages to keep herself decent without flashing too much skin.

Recently Shana, Erin and I had a chat about why Kael hadn't done that to Erin yet. We think it's because he doesn't see Erin as much as he sees Shana (the Mai's and the DiDodo's attend the same preschool). Plus Erin's not as big as Shana.

Disclaimer: "big" meaning "heavy with child, popped out" -- not "big" as in "big as a whale." I had to make that distinction clear, just in case.

Also Erin comes with Josh and while Kael loves Erin, she's all but ignored when he's got Josh to play with as they don't get as much playtime as they used to. Last week Kael and Josh got together and met up at the park. They had a great time, running and chasing and sliding, doing all the usual things boys do at the park. It got near dinnertime so we prepared to leave. Mind you, it's been about 90 minutes that we've all been hanging out: the girls, the boys, me and Erin. Kael runs by Erin and sort of sticks his hand out and absently rubs her belly as he's about to fly by. He comes to a screeching stop, takes a step back (his hand is still on her belly) and stares at her belly like she's catching cable signals on it. He runs his hands all over her belly, spreads open her jacket and then looks behind her as if he was looking for the bump's continuation on her back. I don't know why he did that. I'm guessing that if she did in fact have a bump on her back, then that would negate the bump in the front being a baby belly bump? I don't know. He's done stranger things.

Then he asks her in a very awed tone of voice: "Ms. Erin! Do you have a baby in your tummy?!" His hands are still running all over her belly. I did see that he tried to lift her shirt and Erin almost jumped in surprise as she quickly pulled it back down. She tried to do it nonchalantly but clearly she didn't have the same experience as Shana when it came to blocking Kael's attempts at trying to see some skin. Josh came over and said "Hey Kael! There's a baby in my mom's tummy! I'm having a baby brother! Isn't that cool?" Kael's response: "Wow, that is cool!"

It was very very funny. We finally herd the boys down to the car and as he ran by Erin again, Kael snuck in another quick baby belly rub down.

This kid has a serious case of Baby on the Brain. Last Saturday while at Ikea in the dining table area (we were test sitting a table) he let out this huge sigh. Truong and I looked over at him and he said in a very aggrieved tone of voice: "Mom, when is it going to be YOUR turn to get a baby in your tummy? I want a baby brother!"

I felt like asking him if all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?! Sheesh.