My cousin announced her pregnancy over the weekend. After the usual YOO-HOO and WHOOPEE and OH MY GOODNESS I AM SO EXCITED I COULD EXPLODE (I didn’t have a chance to break into the jokes about champagne HAHA NOT FOR YOU, but give me time and I will) that come along with announcing a pregnancy, I realized that there’s something else that comes along with my friends and cousins and people-my-age-that-I’ve-known-forever having babies: disbelief.
Not bad disbelief or jealous disbelief or anything like that. It’s happy disbelief. Just. Disbelief like WAIT A MINUTE, since when are you allowed to reproduce? Aren’t you like six years old? Didn’t I see you swinging on the monkey bars yesterday? And weren’t you struggling with word problems just last week?
I wonder if this is what becoming a grandmother will feel like.
Speaking of six-year-olds? I lost my camera for awhile and when I found it, I uploaded this picture from a couple months ago and couldn’t believe how grown-up my baby looks. Maybe not six, but definitely not one. I don’t know how, but I’ve really got to squish all this growing-up nonsense out of her.
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oh my goodness, I know what you mean about squishing the growing out. Dave keeps commenting on how Robin is turning into a little boy and I get all teary. He’s my baaaaaaaaaby, and he’s growing up way too fast. This sounds ridiculous, I know, but I can’t help it!
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I imagine it must be similar to that to find out your “baby” is having a baby.
I’m with you on the squishing of the grown-up nonsense. Last night I told Zack even when he was REALLY big he would still be my baby. He seems to disagree. :-)
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Your daughter is so cute! That face is just adorable :)
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I know exactly what your talking about. I swear I just blinked for a second and my sisters went from 12 to 31. How does that happen?
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Just yesterday, my friend said her doctor told her it was time to start getting mammograms - and I’m like, “Oh yeah, tell me all about it I’m interested.“ And then I realized what I was saying and I said, “Wait. Since when did we get old enough to start talking about mammograms!“
By on July 11, 2011
What a cute face Charlotte is making!