I was just heading to
the kitchen to feed my dog Harry when I heard Dean yell out “Son of a bitch”,
which is how my phone announces I have a message. I grabbed it assuming it was
something everyday, only to see that long awaited tweet from @jarpad….. “It’s a
boy :)”
KABOOOOM! Supernatural
fandom explodes.
I let out a little squeal
and a “Yay!” to no one in particular and quickly texted my friend Hazel.
“Padababy is born!” Quick as a flash back, “Yay! OMG!”
I jumped back online.
First stop twitter. My entire timeline was filled with the news, to which, of
course, I added. Next stop Facebook. My entire timeline was filled with the
news, to which, of course, I added.
I then spent the next
hour or more gleefully joining in the celebration!
There was talk about
names, weight, size, first photos, hereditary dimples, did the little guy have a
mini-moose onesie, does he have flowing locks, did Jared pass out, when would
uncle Jensen get a cuddle, did he come out saying “Hey dude, I’m Stanley!"
Everyone wanted to know the date, was it the 19th or had the bub
been around for a bit. Everyone wanted to know how Gen went, did everything go
as planned, how was she feeling, was she was doing ok.
Almost instantaneously
the Twitter trending commenced. First we trended #WelcomePadababy. Then we
trended #UNCLEJENSEN. This one made me laugh out loud and go awwwww at the same
time. A tricky combination, but you know, Jensen elicits a myriad of emotions
at the best of times! Then we trended #PapaPadalecki. All of these, at some
stage, were number 1 on Twitter’s Worldwide trends list. #UNCLEJENSEN and
#PapaPadalecki trended at the same time! Bless. Like seriously BLESS!
There was such an outpouring
of love that you couldn’t help but get swept up in it. People were tweeting the
happy daddy. Cast and crew were tweeting Jared. Cast and crew were tweeting
fans. Amy Gumenick said she was a Grandma! And of course everyone was tweeting
each other. It was a joyous congratulations to the happy parents and the
warmest of welcomes to the newest member of our Supernatural family. I’d never
seen anything like it. The love. It was palatable.
It’s moments like
these I’m reminded what a family we really are. Sure we have our spats, our
little disagreements, but when it comes to the crunch, when it comes to
something important, we all come together and have a global group hug! We raise
money, we support each other and when one of our own has good, no, great news,
we shout it out loud and clear for the whole world to hear.
Last night, I honestly
felt like a member of my family had just welcomed a new bub. We were all that
happy. And you know what, in a way a member of my family did welcome a new bub,
that’s the kind of feelings these guys produce in me. They feel like family and
they make me feel like family….my extended family! I was so overly excited; I
kind of didn’t know what to do with it! So I tweeted out my joy with the rest
of my Supernatural family. It was lovely and gushy and wonderful.
I honestly couldn’t be
happier for Jared and Gen and I was so glad to be able to share that happiness
with Supernatural fans from around the world.
Oh and yes, I did
eventually feed Harry.
-Auntie sweetondean
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