A few weekends ago, I took a road trip with three of my GW girlfriends down to Fayettville, NC to visit our dear friend Boothie, who will be enroute to Iraq in a number of days, leaving behind her hubby and two darling twin new borns. So, picture this--a five hour car ride down to North Cackalacky with the girls-talking about what else??? Babies. And, also opening the Schwarz bag-o-fun car goodies along the way (Mad Libs, cats cradle string, mini band instruments, the works).
So, we get to B's house, and meet the twinkies (fraternal). Later, 3 more GW gals shuffle in, one of whom is carrying in her 4 month old baby. So, there are 8 of us gals, two of whom have babies, and one who is about 4 1/2 months pregnant. You can imagine the focus of the conversation. At one point, someone compared our get together to a fraternity party-throw-up everywhere, boobs popping out, and inevitably there is always somebody crying or hungry. Not too far off the mark. While I definitely love kids and babies, three was more than enough to go around, and admittedly, made one look like a breeze!
After some baby lovin' and chit chat, it got to be about 7 pm, and I swear it felt like 10:30. I have a new appreciation as to why mom's are always so wiped out. You all get major kudos.
Overall, it was a great weekend, and reassured me that I have some know how when it comes to lil ones. But, it did set that biological clock back a little bit! Still, it was reassuring to know that all of us are somewhat clueless, and that when the time comes, I'll have a sympathetic group who has stumbled their way through to success.
Pics of the weekend and Booth's scary, scary kitties can be found here.
So, we get to B's house, and meet the twinkies (fraternal). Later, 3 more GW gals shuffle in, one of whom is carrying in her 4 month old baby. So, there are 8 of us gals, two of whom have babies, and one who is about 4 1/2 months pregnant. You can imagine the focus of the conversation. At one point, someone compared our get together to a fraternity party-throw-up everywhere, boobs popping out, and inevitably there is always somebody crying or hungry. Not too far off the mark. While I definitely love kids and babies, three was more than enough to go around, and admittedly, made one look like a breeze!
After some baby lovin' and chit chat, it got to be about 7 pm, and I swear it felt like 10:30. I have a new appreciation as to why mom's are always so wiped out. You all get major kudos.
Overall, it was a great weekend, and reassured me that I have some know how when it comes to lil ones. But, it did set that biological clock back a little bit! Still, it was reassuring to know that all of us are somewhat clueless, and that when the time comes, I'll have a sympathetic group who has stumbled their way through to success.
Pics of the weekend and Booth's scary, scary kitties can be found here.
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