My cousin (and one of my dearest friends) had a baby girl last night, more than two weeks early. Shea was a tall 21" and a strong 7 lbs. 13 oz. Andrea is doing well.
We are leaving for vacation tomorrow for a week (I will have no blog access), but I will visit Shea immediately upon returning.
At about the time Shea was born, I was leaving California Pizza Kitchen, where I went with a group of my girlfriends while Jamie went to the Pearl Jam concert. Over dinner, Jen (mom of the one-year-old boy Shea), announced that she just found out she was pregnant!
Before dinner, Jen thoughtfully called me to tell me the news privately because she knew about the recent events in our lives. I was so thrilled for her, but I admit I had a secret twinge of sadness when I thought how I, too, could be announcing the same news to our friends over dinner last night. And it crossed my mind how it would have been so fun to have had babies who were only weeks apart.
Over dinner my friends jokingly asked if I had a Ph.D. in baby-making when I was able to say exactly when Jen's due date will be because I could quickly compare it to when our due date would have been. I then chugged my chardonnay :)
Honestly, nothing impacts how exciting this news is to us. We are so happy for Jen and Ryan and little-boy Shea and their growing family! At the same time, we are beyond excited for Andrea and Brodie and baby-girl Shea! Brenna is, too. She needed another girlfriend. I hope they grow up to be great friends like me and Andrea have always been (here we are around 1982).
As you can see from the messed up picture, Shutterfly sucks and I'm so glad I use Flickr for my photos now.
Congratulations to everyone! I'll be back in a week!
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