Babies everywhere!
The other day, my best friend from middle school came into my store while I was working. Kim and I have kept in touch over the years via the internet, and even though I read her blog regularly, I hadn't seen her since before the birth of her first baby. Richie is now nearly 3, and her second, Andrew, is about a month old I think.
I can't even express how strange it was to stand there with my childhood friend and her two children - her family. A fair number of my friends have gotten married in the last five years or so, and recently still more are starting their families. But Kim is the only friend of mine with two kids, and somehow that makes it even more real. She's not just a mom, she's a doublemom. This girl with whom I used to watch Ranma and Fushigi Yuugi, drinking Sunny Delight (we were addicted) and laughing hysterically at bizarre inside jokes only we understood. She has kids.
I guess part of it is that I'm so far away from that myself. I'm seeing someone right now (ha, you're surprised I haven't been blabbing about it on my blog already? More on that later), but I've never even been in a serious long-term relationship before. Even marriage seems a far-off, distant thing, much less having children.
On the baby front, Corey has also spawned a child, as many of you know. Jonah Christopher Parkhill was born March 28, 1:27 AM, at 7 pounds and 1 oz, and he's possibly the cutest baby I've ever seen. He's got these enormous blue eyes, and looks quite a bit like Tod already (right down to the butt-chin and blond hair). Of course I'm biased, being a fake-auntie, but that kid is adorable. I'm hoping to make a trip out there next month, after she's had some time to settle in.
In non-miracle-of-birth-related news, my trip to Israel is progressing according to plan...so far. I've applied for a Taglit-birthright Israel trip, which is an organization that provides free trips to Israel to Jewish people under 26 who have never been there. I'm turning 26 this August and the trip mis in July, so this really is my last chance. I applied once already and didn't get in (for reasons quite unknown to me), so I'm really crossing my fingers this time. So far I've had the phone interview, put down a deposit, and am mailing in the signed waivers today. Cross your fingers/pray/light a candle/chant/sacrifice a small animal for me?
Well, I hope you all enjoyed my first proper journal entry in a billion years. We'll see if I actually find time to keep it up in the future.
I can't even express how strange it was to stand there with my childhood friend and her two children - her family. A fair number of my friends have gotten married in the last five years or so, and recently still more are starting their families. But Kim is the only friend of mine with two kids, and somehow that makes it even more real. She's not just a mom, she's a doublemom. This girl with whom I used to watch Ranma and Fushigi Yuugi, drinking Sunny Delight (we were addicted) and laughing hysterically at bizarre inside jokes only we understood. She has kids.
I guess part of it is that I'm so far away from that myself. I'm seeing someone right now (ha, you're surprised I haven't been blabbing about it on my blog already? More on that later), but I've never even been in a serious long-term relationship before. Even marriage seems a far-off, distant thing, much less having children.
On the baby front, Corey has also spawned a child, as many of you know. Jonah Christopher Parkhill was born March 28, 1:27 AM, at 7 pounds and 1 oz, and he's possibly the cutest baby I've ever seen. He's got these enormous blue eyes, and looks quite a bit like Tod already (right down to the butt-chin and blond hair). Of course I'm biased, being a fake-auntie, but that kid is adorable. I'm hoping to make a trip out there next month, after she's had some time to settle in.
In non-miracle-of-birth-related news, my trip to Israel is progressing according to plan...so far. I've applied for a Taglit-birthright Israel trip, which is an organization that provides free trips to Israel to Jewish people under 26 who have never been there. I'm turning 26 this August and the trip mis in July, so this really is my last chance. I applied once already and didn't get in (for reasons quite unknown to me), so I'm really crossing my fingers this time. So far I've had the phone interview, put down a deposit, and am mailing in the signed waivers today. Cross your fingers/pray/light a candle/chant/sacrifice a small animal for me?
Well, I hope you all enjoyed my first proper journal entry in a billion years. We'll see if I actually find time to keep it up in the future.