Wednesday, January 14, 2009

First Day Blog-Con't

So I wanted to break this into 2 parts as not to ramble on too long. I left off where we were going to tell our families and our kids. So we decided to sit the girls down and tell them about the baby the night before Thanksgiving. I was actually a bit nervous about Jeff's daughters responce would be. I knew my daughter would be thrilled because she's been wanting a bay brother or sister for at least 2 or 3 years now. So as expected, when we delivered the news, little Zoe was excited! The reaction from Jeff's daughter was something neither one of were prepared for. She started crying and they were not tears of joy. We knew this would be difficult for her but we had no idea this would come. We asked to talk to her alone and tried to gauge what she was thinking and feeling. It's a HUGE adjustment and her fears were normal. Basically she was concerned how this would effect her. And then the questions started...."where is the baby gonna sleep?" "do I have to share a room?" "do I have to give up playing sports because of the money the baby will cost?" "why are you having a bay?" "how did this happen?" WOW, we were kinda taken aback and tried the best we could to handle ALL these questions. In the meantime, just as things sort of calmed down my daughter came out of her room and said "Mom, about the baby? I'm thinking it's not such a good idea" So far, this was NOT going like I had planned in my head! lol We told both girls all the good things a baby would bring to our family and tried to get them engaged in the process by asking them to start thinking of names. This seemed to get them excited and they came up with some nice choices.
Next we told out families on Thanksgiving. My mom and step-dad were thrilled (Considering my mom has been wanting me to have another baby for a long time now and I kept telling her "No way!") My siblings were excited and my sister Katy actually thanked me for taking the pressure off of her for a few years:-) Then we told my dad and step-mom, who seemed less than excited by the news but whatever. They will come around I guess. Jeff's family was excited as well and it felt good to have all our families on board until............I really started to FREAK out about everything!
I'm 36 years old for crying out loud! What the hell was I thinking? If Jeff had gotten the vasectomy like we talked about months ago, this wouldn't be happening!!! Where ARE we going to put the baby?? How can we afford this??? Can I go through another miserable pregnancy again??? WHAT ON EARTH ARE WE DOING?????

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