i have been a geek most of my life..... although i have tried to hide it at various times, it usually creeps up and shows itself no matter what i try. right now i have become what i consider a "baby-geek," reading and studying all i can on having a baby, what is best for a baby, and how to raise a baby. i guess i should, seeing that i am starting my 3rd trimester any day now, and well it seems inevitable that i will have to give birth sometime in the not-so-distant future. there is just so much to find out, and to be completely honest, up to last fall, i never really cared about it! i had loads of friends who had babies of their own, and i loved to see them... i just didn't want to know any of the details! bottle vs. breast, natural childbirth vs. c-section... it was all the same to me! but now i care, i care alot because it is happening to ME and my baby......so if i talk to you on the phone or by email, i may bore you with my research into cloth diapers, what sling or car seat i want, or why attachment parenting is great. i am sorry, and i won't say it will go away anytime soon... i will be a mom now FOREVER, so it will probably get worse. just tell me to shut up or yawn really big in my face.
and to my friends who have kids, and i was uninterested and i changed the subject on you.... sorry!!!! NOW i understand!
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It does change your perspective a bit, eh?
You're so cute, though.
XXOO
remember when the Posse all met at kennedy school in portland and you and katy were giving each other The Eye while pamela and linda talked birth and childrearing issues?? that just charmed me. i love all you guys.
i tried to fight it for a long time, but listen! these women are passionate about the subject - you can't hold off for long. now i'm as well versed as any doula, i'm sure, and i work as a nanny to boot - but dude? i can see how it could be boring, too. i dunno what to say. i hope you enjoy getting all mama-crazy. that's what the fun of the job is, the studying and getting all into it. dig it, sister. dig it.
i'm so happy and excited for you. by the time i see you next, you will be a completely different person, on the other side of the rabbit hole with alice, and i'll be thinking, isn't she so adorable?? and in the meantime, you'll maintain all your charming eden traits and just translate them into motherhood, which is what proper motherhood is about.
i love you so dearly. i wish i could see you both before and after the birth, though i doubt it's possible. just know i'm sending you all the love i can and that i know you'll do everything you can to be the best mom it's possible to be. i love you very much, and david.
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