Definitely NOT Funny!

Erin and I have definitely considered ourselves blessed during the nearly two years we've been together. Getting ready for Aeriana made us feel even more lucky as people proved to be more generous than we could have ever hoped. This week has certainly solidified our claim that we are just about the luckiest people in the world. My brother and his wife gave us a super-nice gift, Kariana gave us Aeriana's name in really cute hand-painted wood letters (picture below), and my friends at work surprised me with a baby shower and some really nice gifts and a delicious cake, not to mention our Christmas tree being surrounded by gifts.

Of course as amazing/fun as it has been to get all of these wonderful things, I have to admit that gifts have not been foremost on my mind all week. Work is extremely busy, plus I've got to finalize things since I'm out of the office all next week, not to mention Kariana leaving for home (so sad), and all of the million little year-end things that need to get done... oh yeah, and that little thing of possibly having a baby AT ANY MOMENT, don't want to forget about that minor detail.

So it was earlier today, with all of these things on my mind that I got a bit of a surprise message from Erin... a little instant message window popped up on my screen from Erin and all it said was "Oh my goodness!!! Oh my goodness!!!".

Where do you think my mind took me? Possibly to one of the many things my sweet wife has been talking constantly about and looking forward to, such as when the baby is going to come, and how she wishes her contractions would become regular, and how she wishes her water would break...

Needless to say I quietly started to freak out... "She's got the car today, can she drive to pick me up?" "Do I need to get a ride home?" "Is everything really packed for this?" "Are we really going to have a baby???"

And then the follow up message comes telling me that we've received another, very generous, gift from her parents. ... ... ... Now don't get me wrong, I'm extremely grateful for the generosity, but I really think Erin and I need to have a talk about how to present exciting news, that doesn't relate directly to the baby actually coming, during the last few weeks of pregnancy.

Of course, she'll probably pull this kind of thing on purpose now just to mess with me. Definitely not funny.

Labels: baby, Erin, family, pictures

posted by Brett at 3:49 PM