In case you don't already know, I'm going to be an Auntie at the end of November! The Robot and Jane are expecting a little bundle of pinkness and I am so excited!
Karen with her cute lil tummy @ Build-a-Bear making a bear for baby! The bear even got two hearts... one from Mom and one from Dad!
And really, "excited" isn't even the word. More like "elated" and "overjoyed" and "blessed". It's been a really cool experience following my brother and sister-in-law on their journey into parenthood, too. Even though they're living in North Carolina we vid chat with them via iChat pretty much every Sunday. Which means we've gotten to see Jane's tummy get bigger and bigger as the weeks have progressed, and I know that makes it real for them, but it makes it pretty real for us, too. So, "how'd they find out" you ask? Exactly the same way Jim and Pam did on The Office. Emergency Room Trip for Jane + Blood Tests-to-help-figure-out-what's-wrong = Tada! You're Expecting!
I kind of figured that's what the case was as The Robot Tweeted the goings-on in the hospital one Saturday afternoon in April. Mom and Dad knew a whole day before I did because they were sworn to secrecy so that I could hear it from the source. So after everyone found out, the boy/girl speculations began. I pretty much always knew it was a girl, we just had to wait until July to find out for sure.
So with our vid chats happening pretty frequently, it seems like Jane and I chat online more often while we're at work, too. I ask how she's feeling, if the baby's kicking, if the reality of being responsible for another human being for at least the next eighteen years has sunk in yet... and, bless her, she's taking it all in stride, but she is so ready for this baby to be OUT already! So as we were talking today about her just wanting to not be pregnant anymore, this clip from Gilmore Girls came to mind:
I hope that if I am able to be in her place one day, I can remember to be in the moment even when I'm anxious and tired of being pregnant. I love you, Karen! Thanks for being the first!
Karen with her cute lil tummy @ Build-a-Bear making a bear for baby! The bear even got two hearts... one from Mom and one from Dad!And really, "excited" isn't even the word. More like "elated" and "overjoyed" and "blessed". It's been a really cool experience following my brother and sister-in-law on their journey into parenthood, too. Even though they're living in North Carolina we vid chat with them via iChat pretty much every Sunday. Which means we've gotten to see Jane's tummy get bigger and bigger as the weeks have progressed, and I know that makes it real for them, but it makes it pretty real for us, too. So, "how'd they find out" you ask? Exactly the same way Jim and Pam did on The Office. Emergency Room Trip for Jane + Blood Tests-to-help-figure-out-what's-wrong = Tada! You're Expecting!
I kind of figured that's what the case was as The Robot Tweeted the goings-on in the hospital one Saturday afternoon in April. Mom and Dad knew a whole day before I did because they were sworn to secrecy so that I could hear it from the source. So after everyone found out, the boy/girl speculations began. I pretty much always knew it was a girl, we just had to wait until July to find out for sure.
So with our vid chats happening pretty frequently, it seems like Jane and I chat online more often while we're at work, too. I ask how she's feeling, if the baby's kicking, if the reality of being responsible for another human being for at least the next eighteen years has sunk in yet... and, bless her, she's taking it all in stride, but she is so ready for this baby to be OUT already! So as we were talking today about her just wanting to not be pregnant anymore, this clip from Gilmore Girls came to mind:
I hope that if I am able to be in her place one day, I can remember to be in the moment even when I'm anxious and tired of being pregnant. I love you, Karen! Thanks for being the first!
