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Because I Can.

My friends and family know I'm not one to get all googly over babies... but these pictures of the soon-to-be Daddy and Mommy Papelbon are too cute not to share. These were taken at Vitaminwater's MLB All-Star week celebration at Hudson Terrace on July 14, 2008 in New York City.

Ashley looks positively radiant, and Jonathan looks downright proud of himself. "ME MAN. ME MAKE BABY. ME AWESOME."

Comments (5)

[ jules ] says:
on July 17, 2008 2:53 PM

Adorable. Paps is cracking me up and I think you got it right. "ME MAN..." perfect.

Congrats to the Papelpoppa.

[ Twinkie ] says:
on July 17, 2008 3:04 PM

The idea of Papelbon with a baby still scares me a bit. But I'm really happy for them, and they look so cute and happy, which is what really counts.

Anyone else think Ashley's starting to feel a liiittle embarassed by him in the second pic? :D

[ Texas Gal ] says:
on July 17, 2008 3:08 PM

I think she's thinking, "If you keep drawing attention to my stomach, which is STILL VERY FLAT TYVM, I will thump you."

[ mhcranberry ] says:
on July 17, 2008 3:18 PM

TG-- that's what I thought too. "THANKS FOR FRAMING MY STOMACH, honey, can we move on now?"

She does look really cute in that outfit though. Excellent choices there, Mrs. P.

As for the Mr.-- the baby and Mummy's tummy are neither toys nor props. That out of the way, congratulations to them.

Also-- do you think maybe they had planned on announcing it in a context other than Daddy going completely ape at the New York press? Because I bet they did.

[ Liza ] says:
on July 17, 2008 4:02 PM

Ashley looks great! Those pictures are hilarious.

Although I definitely agree with MHC on that last point.

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