Category Archives: babies

Mom Friend

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A few weeks ago I made a new mom friend in my baby music class. She had a baby girl 2 months ago, but attends the class with her 6-month-old boy. If you’re counting on your fingers right now and seeing how that math doesn’t add up (as I did, in front of her), it’s because her first baby was born via surrogate, and then, while the surrogate was pregnant, she got pregnant.

Me: “Oh my god, so you have a 6 month old and a 2 month old AT THE SAME TIME?! That must be soooo hard!!!”

Mom: “It’s actually been a dream. I’ve never been happier.”

So that was the end of that.

It was nice having met her.

Ultrasound

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People (one person) have often (once) asked me if any of my siblings have as fucked-up a sense of humor as I do. The answer is no.

Steph has a sense of humor about once a decade, when giving a speech at a sibling wedding. Only on these rare occasions have we seen evidence of her ability to jest, and it shakes us to the very core of our souls every time it happens (two times total).

Jeremy prefers* to be the butt of the jokes.

And does Zack (who got married last year) have a sense of humor as fucked-up as mine?…

…No. He does not.

His is FAR more fucked up.

I laughed, though.

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*has no choice

Sophia?

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Friend: “So is Sophie short for Sophia?”

Me: “No no. Just Sophie. I couldn’t get on board with the name Sophia. To me, Sophie is a name for a sweet, happy little baby, while Sophia reminds me of the Golden Girl’s character, who was a total grouch and always had this judgy, fuck-off look on her face like–”

Oh, shit.

Don’t You Dare Accuse Us of Playing Favorites

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I know I made it seem in my last post like Sophie is getting the classic second-born shaft, but I am here to reassure you that we have made every effort to treat her and Nora equally. Eric and I are both second-borns, so we understand the importance of making the second child feel just as important as the first.

For example, when we did a newborn photo shoot for Nora, people commented that we wouldn’t do the same for the next kid, but JOKE’S ON YOU GUYS.

Nora’s newborn photo shoot:

And Sophie’s:

So you see EVERYONE GETS A PHOTO SHOOT.