breaktime's over! back to work!
i'm suffering from BADD - blog attention deficit order (with apologies to brothers against drunk driving or whatever entity owns the acronym).
the wedding was relaxed and lovely. my new sister-in-law was practically giggling her way down the aisle. i've never seen a more relaxed, happy, in-the-moment bride. everyone at the wedding had either just heard we're having another baby in the last week or at the wedding, so there was tons of good will going around - more of that relief thing, too, but always combined with sincere joy, so i'll take it.
my nephew is as charming and happy as ever, although he's off of his schedule, which is making him fight napping and going to bed at night. also, my sister has had him in daycare for the last three weeks while she's been interviewing for jobs, and she's out of the routine of caring for him 24 hours a day, so she's pretty wiped out already. but this afternoon i got him to take a sometimes fitful but mostly peaceful nap laying against my chest, and it was pretty sweet. after he woke up, we went to Taste of Cleveland and sampled ribs and sesame noodles and mango sorbet (because, as you know, those things are all native to Cleveland - ???) and then went labor-day sale-shopping and then old-house-on-the-lake-looking and have finally collapsed at home. it's been a good visit with my family so far.
what's on my mind tonight is semantics. when i break the tadpole news, i always say, "i'm/we're having another baby." i never leave out "another". i never say i'm pregnant or expecting a baby. it's always "having another baby." i didn't consciously decide to say it that way; it's just happened that way, and consistently. but it's become a conscious decision, because it's emphatic and hopeful and it acknowledges hans all at the same time. it works for me.
the wedding was relaxed and lovely. my new sister-in-law was practically giggling her way down the aisle. i've never seen a more relaxed, happy, in-the-moment bride. everyone at the wedding had either just heard we're having another baby in the last week or at the wedding, so there was tons of good will going around - more of that relief thing, too, but always combined with sincere joy, so i'll take it.
my nephew is as charming and happy as ever, although he's off of his schedule, which is making him fight napping and going to bed at night. also, my sister has had him in daycare for the last three weeks while she's been interviewing for jobs, and she's out of the routine of caring for him 24 hours a day, so she's pretty wiped out already. but this afternoon i got him to take a sometimes fitful but mostly peaceful nap laying against my chest, and it was pretty sweet. after he woke up, we went to Taste of Cleveland and sampled ribs and sesame noodles and mango sorbet (because, as you know, those things are all native to Cleveland - ???) and then went labor-day sale-shopping and then old-house-on-the-lake-looking and have finally collapsed at home. it's been a good visit with my family so far.
what's on my mind tonight is semantics. when i break the tadpole news, i always say, "i'm/we're having another baby." i never leave out "another". i never say i'm pregnant or expecting a baby. it's always "having another baby." i didn't consciously decide to say it that way; it's just happened that way, and consistently. but it's become a conscious decision, because it's emphatic and hopeful and it acknowledges hans all at the same time. it works for me.
posted by laura at 9:36 PM
3 Comments:
I can't imagine a more natural way to say it, to be honest.
I would love to get my hands on some of that native Cleveland food - it sounds really yummy.
Glad you had a nice time and really glad you're back:)
I always say that too, or "I'm pregnant again." It is the only thing to say, really!
We have said this too... it is too hard to leave the others behind and right to include them.
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