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Ianto knew it would be natural that Stephen, being a blonde boy, would attract Hector and Betty as he resembled Sean.
He watched worriedly as Walter stood back while his beloved grandparents fussed on the new member of the family.
"Stephen is my brother now" Walter said proudly, "Look. I wrote on his cast first!"
Ianto relaxed and smiled, of course his son would have his mother's lovely heart. Lisa would have smothered this poor boy and it looked like Walter was going to take the high ground.
Babbit, however, suddenly saw Stephen as a threat to his hugs and let out an almighty roar as he threw himself onto the floor.
Everyone watched his first toddler tantrum a he screamed and kicked his little feet. The whole thing lasted less than a minute and he lay there glaring at his Taddy to see what the response would be.
The laughter that bubbled out as his Taddy doubled over, clutching the edge of the table was unexpected and Babbit blinked. Then burst into peals of laughter as well.
Hector recognised the cause for the out of character blow-up and scooped the little man up into the air with a whoosh.
Babbit grabbed for him and sighed happily as he got some attention.
"We'll have to watch that" Betty said softly, "he's used to being the centre of attention here."
"Won't hurt him to learn to share" Jack huffed as he ruffled Babbit's strawberry waves.
"No, not fair to change the rules" Hector said as he rolled Babbit to give him a raspberry into his neck and Babbit screamed with delight as he twisted to grab Hector's face and kiss his nose.
As they settled to eat, Ianto again told Betty how much he loved her roasts and she grinned happily as Jack agreed around his mouthful.
"Cariad!" Ianto admonished.
"Mmmmm?" Jack mumbled and Walter snorted.
"Manners Daddy" Walter said seriously, "We have to set a good example for Babs!"
Ianto giggled into his glass of water and Jack stopped chewing to stare at Walter, then look over the Babbit on Betty's knee.
Babbit took a handful of meat from her plate and shoved it into his mouth, humming as he sucked the gravy off.
"What? Jack asked as he munched, "I don't see a problem."
Ianto sighed as Jack reached across to snag a fork full of mashed potatoes from Ianto's plate and looked at Betty with an eye roll.
She smiled back lovingly.
Yep.
Like father like son.