THE NEW NORMAL: Alvin Black and Seth Hutton and their twins A.J. and Sterling
“But when the second baby was born,” Hutton says, “I was almost in
tears. It was a miniature Alvin. It just had to be Alvin, Jr.”
Now, Black and Hutton are enjoying the gift of parenthood they thought
they’d never have.
The couple had initially been uncomfortable about each parent being
more attached to his biological son than the other, but those concerns
were alleviated in the delivery room.
“It was fun to give them their first taste of a mango or a watermelon,”
Hutton says, “and watch this little soul that’s in a new body experience
something new for the first time.”
“I was worried, genetics wise, if I was going to be tied to my own,” Hut-
ton says. “I wondered if one was going to get a little more love than the
other. But I knew immediately when they were born that was not going
to be the case at all.”
Black nods. “It sounds like a cliché,” he says, “but until you’re a parent
you will never know the feeling yourself." §
“We didn’t even have to try,” Black adds. “There was just natural
cross over.”
November 2012
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