Baby-brain

No, I don't have baby-brain. At least not yet. But it seems like babies are closing in on me.

Two of my cousins have had babies within the past year. And two others definitely have babies on the brain (because having a baby when your just shy of broke is always a good idea). My Aunt also had a baby who I was enticed to hold for extended periods of time at my mom's grad party while my mother, aunts, and uncle repeatedly remarked, "That looks so natural."

Yesterday, I spent the latter half of the day working with kids ages 6 - 12 on a project for work. Some of them were down right adorable.

When Jerry got home from work yesterday, we were sitting on the couch watching TV when 2 things happened...

1. A preview of a show (I think) came on where a girl was cradling her new-born baby while saying, "How can you love someone so much that you just met?" This launched a discussion of how that is in fact true... how that maternal/paternal instinct kicks in and you instantly love someone more than you thought you ever could. Jerry is now worried that, should we have kids, he will not have that feeling until the very second he sees him/her. I think that's just how it goes dear.

2. A St. Jude's commercial played with adorable, though terribly sick, children. This occurred almost immediately after the previous discussion. This prompted Jerry to question how people know what to do when their kid is sick. I have no answers for that. You just do.

On top of all that, the following things happened this morning (and it's only 9 am!):
- Friend of my sister's had a baby
- Old high school friend had a baby
- Anti-baby co-worker announced that her friend is preggers and started talking about when she was gonna pop one out

I tell you people... the walls, they are closing in on me!