Earlier this week Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to Instagram to share a sweet moment between himself and longtime girlfriend Lauren Hashian. Confirming rumours that he and Hashian were expecting, Johnson also let his 32 million Instagram followers that their baby is a girl and thanked his fans for their support.
“I was raised by and live with amazing and strong women, so the universe felt we needed one more... IT'S A BABY GIRL!! THANK YOU guys so much for the awesome support and love you've se@laurenhashianofficial and myself from around the world. We're so grateful for this blessing and thrilled to share the news with y'all. #BringOnMoreEstrogenInOurHome #MeAndPuppyHobbsAreTheOnlyDudes #2xProudPapaBear #JustOverHereMakingBabiesAndStuff #AndPalmingPregnantBellys
It’s clear that Johnson and Hashian are thrilled with the news, with both parents beaming in their adorable selfie. “We’re so grateful for this blessing,” writes the dad-to-be.
Johnson also jokes that he will be outnumbered by women in his life, with just he and his pup Hobbs being “the only dudes”. We haven’t heard from Hobbs about what he thinks about having a baby in the house, but we think that someone should read poor Hobbs this letter before baby Hashian-Johnson arrives.
While it’s still early in Hashian’s pregnancy, we’re guessing that #AndPalmingPregnantBellies is a hashtag we’ll see often in the following months. So far, no other parents have used the hashtag in their own pregnancy reveals.
We also guess that #JustOverHereMakingBabiesAndStuff will be followed by #JustOverHereChangingDiapersAndStuff and #JustOverHereFoldingOnsiesAndStuff.
This is The Rock’s second child, hence the #2XProudPapaBear hashtag. He and ex-wife Dany Garcia are parents to 14 year-old daughter Simone (who we see on Instagram from time to time with her dad).
Congratulations Dwayne and Lauren!
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When Megan Shufflebarger took her soon to be three-year-old daughter Kinley on a little shopping trip to pick out her birthday present, the inevitable happened: Kinley picked the last doll of its kind as what she wanted. The doll had blonde hair, just like the adorable toddler.
Also strolling the toy aisle at the same time was a young man, who struck up a conversation with Kinley, asking her which doll she liked the most.
“I really lub dis one,” said Kinley, pointing to her favourite.
But before Shufflebarger could pick up the toy for her daughter, the young man took the doll right off the shelf and walked away with it.
That's right. The teenage boy walked off with the last doll.
As Shufflebarger tried to explain to Kinley that there were no other dolls like that left on the shelf (and if you have a toddler, you can probably imagine how that went), the same young man came back and handed the birthday girl her doll.
"I was speechless," Shufflebarger told CBS News.
She snapped a photo of her daughter and the kind stranger, and when they got home, Shufflebarger took the random act of kindness to Facebook.
In a post that she hoped would give him 'true thanks' for his kindness she wrote:
“What a reminder to never loose [sic] faith in humanity and to be generous and pay it forward. To this generous young man, whoever you are, I hope you see this and more importantly, I hope you know what a good young man you are.”
The post went viral, and after more than 60,000 shares, it was revealed that her daughter's mystery birthday gift giver was Purdue University freshman student Tario Fuller II. Originally from Georgia, Fuller is the university's football team running back. Fuller definitely scored a touchdown with the Internet with his generosity.
Teens are often given a bad rap for being selfish and narcissistic (who are we kidding, toddlers can be like that too), but Fuller's kindness proves otherwise. If Shufflebarger hadn't had her phone with her to snap the now viral picture, Fuller's good deed would have likely gone unnoticed. We're so happy that Fuller proved that teens really do have hearts of gold, but that Shufflebarger took the time to share this happy family moment on social media.
"This one act of kindness has likely generated thousands of smiles, softened many hearts and inspired others," Shufflebarger said in an interview with CBS News. "That in and of itself makes my heart full and happy. Maybe this will inspire and humble others to pay it forward more often."
We hope so too.
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Heather and Matt Koehler were married on a sunny September day in small town Michigan. Surrounded by family and friends, Heather walked down the aisle to Ellie Goulding’s "How Long Will I Love You” and exchanged vows with her husband (who was sweet on her in high school). The day was picture-perfect….except for the picture part.
The photographer Heather booked didn’t show up….something Heather only found out five minutes before her ceremony started. According to Heather, the photographer mixed up the her wedding date.
We can’t imagine how devastating that was. For those of us who have walked down the aisle, we know there is only one chance to capture those memories. And all the effort that goes into making your wedding personal and perfect are done definitely knowing that you will have photos as a keepsake for the rest of your life. No doubt about it, Heather’s no-show photographer should be lucky to get gigs snapping toddler birthday party photos in sticky half-lit Chuck E. Cheese ball pits after this epic career fail.
Instead of turning into Bridezilla (kind of like we did just there), Heather kept her composure, but admits that it was disappointing.
“It was in the back of my mind all night though, not having professional pictures of Matt and I’s first dance, or the daddy-daughter dance, or the ceremony,” she said.
But what Heather didn’t know on her wedding day that one of the guests was the cousin of uber-talented photographer Dana Gruszynski. When Dana heard what happened on Heather’s wedding day, she wanted to make it right.
On her blog, Dana writes:
“She [Heather] filled me in about what had happened and I knew that I just had to do something special for her. I got to know her a bit more, and though I had all these ideas in my head, I kept it simple and told her I wanted her to slip back into her dress and I would, free of charge, do a intimate bridal session. After all she AT LEAST deserved that.”
Over the next three weeks, Dana secretly worked to recreate Heather’s wedding. Tiny details, from a perfectly frosted cake, table decor and even the song the bride and groom shared their first dance to, were all brought together by Dana and other local businesses who wanted to help out the couple (the bridal bouquet and cake were donated). It was all very much a surprise to Heather, who burst into joyful tears as soon as she found out how her friends and family - all there on wedding re-do day - worked behind the scenes to make it happen.
Dana says the re-do was the best day of her life. “My heart still aches for them knowing they don’t have a single professional photo from the actual wedding. I know I did not have to do this for them, but they truly deserve it after everything they went through,” she writes.
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