Babies, Babies, Babies!
When you’re 27 and been married for 3 and half years, people are always giving you a hard time about babies. I don’t mind it too much, but the fact is that I’m not sure where we stand on the idea of kids. Our life right now has no room in it for children, but even more so is that WE still feel like kids. We have so much fun running off for the weekend if we want to, we can go out any night of the week, and with as little time as we get together anyway, we both feel very selfish about our time. We’re just not ready.
But I am enjoying watching friends of mine go through the exciting life changes with preganancies, babies, first days of school, baby model shoots…. I get to hold babies whenever I want, I love getting pictures on email of babies’ firsts, I love hearing the entertaining stories about what they’re saying or doing.
This weekend I went to a baby shower for my friend Shayla. I haven’t ever been to a shower this intimate before, as there were only 6 of us, but it was a whole lot of fun and the amount of people turned out to be perfect! We all made scrapbook pages to be filled with pictures once Baby Girl arrives, we ate great food, and we watched the present opening. Best of all, Shayla Jr. gets two more showers before she arrives!
Here’s the fruit pizza I made for the party (sadly I was stuck in the house today with all of the leftovers. Poor me!). OK, OK, truthfully Ryan decorated it, and isn’t it beautiful??
Shayla also received a present from far away. KC, did you make this?! It is Hawaiian girl themed to match the new nursery. So sweet!
So, while we’re not anywhere close to having little ones ourselves, I sure am having fun watching everyone else do it. And in the meantime, we’ll keep ‘practicing’ just in case. 
well, my dear, i cannot tell you that babies do not take over your life and suck all your free time away. I can’t say you’d still have a social life or any spontineity whatsoever if you had one. and i certainly don’t want to talk anyone who doesn’t want a child into having one (seeing as how there are already so many unwanted children out there in the world). i can, however, tell you, that that total adoration you have for your dogs? the obsession over whether they’re happy or feeling ok or in general out of harms way? the completely entertained and contented feeling you get just watching them run around and play and be silly? multiply that by 100 and that is how you’d feel being a parent. just knowing how you are as a dog parent, i feel like you would love being a person parent. but that’s just my opinion.
I am in the same boat with you…I don’t feel ready for kids…I don’t know that I ever will feel ready.
BTW, that pie looks awesome! Good job hubby! You certainly have taught him well!
3 years? jesus, we had the ceremony at 11:00 on saturday and at the reception, ppl were already hassling us about it.
I love my kids more than anybody can imagine, but take it from me… if you are not ready. Keep taking that pill every day!
I am obsessed with my Katherine and Randon, but you need to do what is right for you. Please do not let anyone "guilt" you into having a child. There are plenty of us out there that will have them by choice. (Just a little motherly advice-I miss my Kacey’s blogging so I will have to bother your girls.)
Yay!!! Jane! Nice to hear from you.