This is my new niece, Elliana.
It's weird, I talk about how how long a day can be, but how fast the month and years can go by. Of course, I'm sure my sister has thought the last few months went by excruciatingly slow. As a guy, when pregnancy hits, we keep thinking we need it to keep going for awhile. First we want to make sure the bun in the oven is baked long enough to come out just right. Secondly we want to hold off on the expenses of new babies as long as possible. However, the women want to get it over with, and get that rib-jarring, bladder-pressing baby out into the world so they can get on with life and motherhood.
I guess the doctor wanted that baby out quicker than she was ready to come out into the world. I suppose he wanted to make sure he got credit and paid for the baby before squeezing in some time at the golf course while on vacation. As for me, it seems like just yesterday that her first little girl had just come into the world, and now here she is with little girl number 2. The first one, Sophie, looks like a miniature clone of my sister. There is really no difference between the two except for size and age. I'm sure my brother-in-law's parents are hoping Elliana gets some of her looks from their side of the family. Hard to tell at this point, since all babies come out red/pinkish. And of course, our family seems to have pretty strong genes to be overcome.
Hopefully they will come up to Iowa to visit next summer or the following Christmas, so I can meet my new niece... and of course get to hang out with my brother-in-law. I think Becky keeps him down there in Florida just to keep us from getting together, since he and I are like peas in a pod. That and now that Sophie is old enough to understand things, there is always risk of me telling her how Becky got away with everything at that age. She needs to have stories to throw back in her mother's face whenever being chastised for the same kinds of things.
Luckily, being an angelic child like I was, Becky can't do that to me with my boys. They already know what a well behaved and good little boy I was growing up. And if they ever get the idea to question that line of thinking, they can just ask me and I'll set them straight.
Anyways, congrats to my sister and her husband. They only had to have another baby to get Mom and Dad to go down and visit them!
2 comments:
Eh, the last few months weren't so bad. It was the last couple weeks, particularly the one in which I was essentially in labor the whole time. I wasn't actually induced, btw, finally went from early to active labor at 41 weeks, 4 days. Clearly, I have yet to regale you with the thrilling tale of a barely painful yet unmedicated labor, something I know you just can't wait to hear about. I'll spare you the graphic picture though. ;)
I really need to sit down with your boys and set them straight about their dad and his evil ways.
We plan to come up next Christmas with the girls and you can hang out with Vic then. Of course, you could always come visit us. :b
Cute cats in army dress
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