Showers and Such

Generally I don't mind baby showers - they're fun! I went to one over the weekend for a cousin (actually a cousin's wife) who had twins a couple of months ago, and they are beautiful boys. The food was good, the gifts were abundant, and it was fun to visit with my aunts and cousins. And the babies... the babies were plentiful! There were the twin boys, of course, and then two other little girls - two-month-old Natalie Aldrich and 11-month-old Rebecca Bachmann. It was so fun to see all these little babies being passed around! Except for Rebecca, who is now very mobile and has places to be and things to do:



I dare you to deny her cuteness. I'm totally charmed by her. Good work, Em and Jorg!
Anyway, the funniest thing about this shower was watching all of my aunts fight over who got to hold what baby. Okay, not really fight, but you should have seen one aunt get really insistent that SHE get to change the dirty diaper of one of the twins she was holding. Another aunt offered to take him and change him, and this aunt says, "NO, I want to do it." WOW.
So finally by the end of the shower, I got brave and said, "Can I hold SOMEONE'S baby? I can't come to a baby shower where there's four babies, and not hold at least ONE." They laughed at me, but took pity on me and let me hold one of the twins for about four minutes. But that was enough to get me really excited to be an aunt! I love the cuddly softness of babies. There's something about them that make you have this almost uncontrollable need to kiss them, nibble their little fingers and toes, and put your cheek against their little bald heads.

Oh man, I can't wait to be an aunt! :)