Reactions to our BIG news...

We found out in June we are expecting a new S family member in February. We spent all summer in shock and adjusting to the idea so we just told the kids about it the weekend before last, when I was 13 weeks.  They were all sitting at the kitchen table.

Caleb's reaction to baby news: "At your age??!!! At 49??!"  Now, the "at your age" thing has crossed my own mind a time or two but it certainly was not necessary to add 9 years to my age. Now he just likes to repeatedly say, "You will be 41 when the baby comes you know!" with A LOT of emphasis on the one. My evil middle schooler!

Brynn’s 1st reaction to the baby news, with tears in her eyes: “You were supposed to adopt again mom! There are only 2 Chinese people in this family and 5 Americans. It is not fair.”  Attempts to fill her in that she is also an American always fall on deaf ears. I didn’t even try to explain that we have no intention of ever having a 1:1 ratio between her two categories. I’m thinking she only has slightly better odds that the baby will even the boy/girl ratio, a ratio that also bothers her.

Brynn’s 2nd reaction to baby news, now okay with the idea but only after saying that women with babies in their bellies gross her out about 100 times: “Can I watch the baby come out?”  I told her if the hospital (or the couch, lol) were okay with it that was fine.  Evan’s 1st reaction immediately after that, with tears in his eyes: “Do I have to go [to the hospital]?” When I said no, he replied, “Good, I’m going to go to Grandpa’s.”  I’m picturing him in the recliner, soda in one hand, remote in the other, in front of the large screen tv. I know Doug will be jealous but, no Doug, you cannot join him.

Price had his typical go-with-the-flow attitude about the whole thing. Nyah of course doesn’t understand but since she has seen Brynn do it, she is always trying to pull up my shirt and look at my belly.

More later… Brynn is asking me her 1,000th question of the day about the baby…