MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Hey Baby!

Last night my little sister called. S just turned 36, has a 6.5 yr old son and a 17 month old son, and now she is pregnant again. This might not be spectacular news except that she and M had gone through four years of secondary infertility treatments (with no cause found) before adopting sons #2 from Russia nine months ago. Now when that baby is 2 years old, she will be adding a new baby to her family. It is such joyful news, unexpected and miraculous!

What is funny is that I was visiting my mom and dad last week. Mom had put up pictures of the grandkids in her room on a wall, three rectangular frames each with spaces for 3 pictures in the frame. My three kids are in one frame, my other sister L's are in another frame, and in the last frame is two pictures of S's boys, and then one empty spot where mom had put in a "for rent" sign. I guess now she has switched it to "leased!"

I am so happy that there'll be another baby in the family. L and S each have their 17 month olds growing fast out of that baby phase, and with a newborn there is all that wonderous newness and preciousness to hold. I still get baby yearnings but I love the independence of my 9 and 13 year olds. I can leave them home for awhile if I need to be out, and they know they can reach me by my cell phone. They are funny and surprising and smart. And they sleep all night!

So I will be an auntie holding a baby again next spring. Sigh, the best of both worlds!