Its getting quiet around here.

[aelfie]

 Boy this post ought to get some responses.

So I'm noticing lately that its getting quiet around here.

Yes, I know that this seems like an insane statement given the fact that 3 munchkins live here.

But, no, seriously. Its been getting quiet. The rush and panic of having not one, but two babies around, is starting to fade. They don't need me as much. Believe it or not, I can leave these people alone in the backyard for some fairly significant amount of time, checking on the periodically, without much worry. They play together. (Currently they are playing in the dirt in the backyard.) How cool is that?

Its at time like this when I take a mental sigh and think. "Ya know, another baby would be nice. Its too calm."

I can just hear allanh yelling at his computer screen "WTF are you thinking Jen? Are you crazy?"

To which my response is. Yes, yes I am.

I should also point out that I say this after getting covered in vomit yesterday, not once, but twice.

Comments

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should find a friend with a newborn and offer to babysit. That'll learn ya' whether it's really "too calm" around there :)

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

Well, you know...a girlfriend of mine is due on May 8, and another has an 8 week old....hrmmm.

The truth of life is in the movies...titles

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

Like perhaps this and this.

I'm telling you, it's the hormones kicking in.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

No, I'm not screaming at you.

I'm laughing at you. Perhaps you don't remember this conversation, but *I* certainly do.

Me: You want to have HOW many kids?

You & Joe: Lots. At least 3 or 4. Probably more. After the first few, we'll adopt.

Me: Why?

You & Joe: Ever read "The Marching Morons?"

Me: Good point. BUT ... you two are fucking brilliant. Any kids you two have are going to be blindingly intelligent and a total pain in the ass to raise. Smart kids are easily bored, and bored smart kids are Trouble.

You & Joe: Well, we have to have 'em because you and all of our other gay friends can't have 'em.

Me: Not on a bet. Not kids as brilliant as you two are gonna have. Jesus, they're gonna be a royal pain in the ass...

FAST FORWARD A COUPLE OF YEARS

Jen: I ... am ... going ... to ... kill ... this ... child.

Me: Why?

Jen: Because he's driving me CRAZY.

Me: And WHAT did I tell you about smart kids?

Jen: Shut up.

Me: No, what DID I tell you?

Jen: That they were a pain in the ass to raise AND YOU WERE RIGHT SO SHUT UP.

FAST FORWARD TO JUST AFTER THE GIRLS' BIRTH...

Jen: I love my little baby girls ... you know, we're gonna have at least one more, maybe two after these cuties get a little older.

Me: This from the woman who was going to kill her child?

Jen: Awww ... I didn't mean it.

Me: It's the hormones talking. Listen, YOU HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. Quit while you're ahead. If you have to have more, why not start adopting now? Get some kids who are past the intensive-baby-care stage.

Jen: But that's why I LIKE them!

Me: OK, that really IS the hormones talking, and you're scaring me.

Joe: [shrug]

Jen: C'mon...

Me: If you think THREE brilliant kids have been a royal pain so far, I can't wait to watch you both when you go to FOUR of 'em. Have you forgotten that you were ready to kill Ike a couple of years ago?

Jen: I never said that.

Me: Bullshit.

Re: I'm telling you, it's the hormones kicking in.

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of the Marching Morons much less read it.

Well, we have to have 'em because you and all of our other gay friends can't have 'em
Won't not can't.

And I did mean I was going to kill him...I just never got around to it. And it was a couple of months ago, not a couple of years.

And yea, I'm at that point where I'm getting a little sleep, I've finally gotten the right dosage of thyroid drugs, and when I see a new baby (and man are there a lot of them around right now) I get all gushy inside and long to poke my tummy and have someone poke back. Which is among the top ten ultimate cool things.

Re: I'm telling you, it's the hormones kicking in.

[(Anonymous)]

Craigslist yourself out as a surrogate. Be preggers, poke-poke, give birth, even offer to do newborn care, then send it away.

=P
moll.

[rephetibel.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of foster babies out there who need a warm, safe place.

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

That's the other thing we've been thinking about. Its on the table, but its not discounted yet.