6 months pregnant!

I can't believe how the time flies by. Pretty soon, we'll have a crying, hungry, pooping bundle of joy in our midst. :) We've had a long run I suppose. We almost made it 10 years together...just us...plus a couple of strays we picked up along the way. We're two of the happiest people we know....and everyone says kids are definitely a lifechanger (for the best). So, logically we're going to be ridiculously, incandescently happy (anyone like Pride and Prejudice?) with our baby girl added to the mix. Sure, some things we're used to might be altered beyond recognition.....like randomly going out to sushi on a weeknight. haha Or going to Europe for 2 weeks (at least for now). I supposed trading in sushi for Old Spaghetti Factory isn't so bad (am I convincing anyone here?) And a trip on a Disney Cruise can replace a gondola in Venice? Actually vacation money is probably going in the college fund...so scratch the cruise. Hmm...... so we're left with a lot of nights at home watching Pixar films on repeat until we can recite every line with utter perfection and disdain. hehe



Did I mention I'm not a fan of babies? Most people don't know that about me because I love kids and I look like a baby person. I do love kids. Babies....not so much. Cross-eyed, drooling, needy, ,poopy, screaming little buggers. And despite what any mother will tell you, (maybe me included) they're rather unfortunate looking. I mean...granted some look better than others but what do you expect them to look like after being squeezed through the birth canal after spending months housed in a strange bodily fluid? Cute? I can come up with a couple of choice adjectives but cute aint one of them. I haven't met a mother who didn't think her newborn was "the cutest newborn". I just smile politely and nod. Am I going to be one of those?!? Maybe it's all the pain meds they pump you full of, the lack of sleep, the grueling labor and the 10 months of torture? That would be a rational explaination for this phenomenon. I mean...no one wants to work on something for 10 months and have it come out subpar. It's like beer goggles, except we can call them Post-Labor goggles. I'll definitely tell you if I fall victim. And I can hear it in my head right now....the Moms justifying to themselves that depsite the logic I present, that their newborns were indeed..."cute". lol Almost anyone outside your family who has never endured childbirth will look you in the eyes, smile and nod. No one would dare argue a Mom. They have super powers you know? Now, when I claim my newborn looks "cute", and not like an unfortunate Benjamin Button......just smile and nod for me.