I was just thinking that..... when I have a baby girl I want it all in moderation. Like my mom always says that baby will be getting more pink then her mom will know what to do with.
i let my little sister pick out her going home outfit, since the baby is her namesake. jocie went out and got crazy buying baby clothes. ALL PINK. or white and pink.
jocie just turned 20 on the 23rd. we tried to get baby joe on the 23rd, but she was too eager to get started in life. so she was born the 18th, instead. but my sis is driving out from SoCal to meet baby joe next monday! YAY! what a merry christmas. now if i could just get the rest of the family to stop acting like i have the plague, it'll be perfect.
his immediate family has, mom, dad, sister. but despite the huge family less than 15 minutes away, no one came to see her. ain't that some shit? he's pretty furious. half the reason i had the baby in farmington was so that his family would have an easier time visiting her. i made the hour long drive to see the doctor in farmington and STILL, no one bothered.
you know, dave and i have always been the ones to go to our friends and family. even though we're the ones with the baby to haul around. now there's two babies. and we're sick of it. our friends rob and laura have come to our home MAYBE 5 times in 7 years. and that's just bullshit. and we're always hearing from the family "oh, if you ever need anything, just call!" or "we really need to get together more" but NEVER do they ever move themselves to come to us. it's always us going to them. i've felt only mildly disresected in the past, but them ignoring my baby altogether tells me that they can all go hang. i don't need them. it's not like they're MY family. if they can't bestir themselves to see my daughters, they can pretty much forget about them. we've got better people to spend our energy on.