i'm going to be a big brother, i have to DRESS like a big brother
just realized i never mentioned on here that we are expecting baby #2 this coming march. nathaniel, of course, is pretty excited.
for the first month or so after we told him, no matter what we said, he wouldn’t believe anything other than the baby was in MY belly, not julia’s. that, and he wanted to name baby #2 ‘elephant.’
when we’d ask him if he wanted a brother or a sister, he’d say ‘sister’. if we’d ask him if he wanted a sister or a brother, he’d say ‘brother.’ when we told him he was going to have a baby brother, he was upset with us and told us ‘NO!’ and made a raspberry. i’m not sure why, but he was pretty upset about not having a sister.
he has since gotten over it, and is looking forward to having a baby brother.
he regularly kisses and hugs julia’s belly and says ‘i love you pepe.’ (which is our in utero name for baby #2)
i asked him if he was going to share all of his toys with his brother, he said yes. i’m going to hold him to that.
just chillin', yo
November 10th, 2011 at 9:54 am
And YOUR in-utero name was Sancho!
November 10th, 2011 at 10:42 am
Psssh, you were much more creative with your siblings name suggestions.
November 10th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Nanny Pearl actually sent in a rebate form under the name of Sancho Bell! Don’t think we were ever able to cash the check that came! You also wanted to name her Clowny, if I remember correctly.
And Joanna was Mazeppa!
November 12th, 2011 at 8:28 am
Pepe was actually the name of our dog growing up in Teaneck. He was a standard black poodle. Uncle Jerry learned to walk by holding on to Pepe’s collar, and Pepe would walk very slowly so that Jerry could take steps alongside him.
November 16th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Mazel tov on #2 coming along, I had no idea!
As for baby naming…When my dad was 3 and my grandma was wallpapering the nursery for my uncle Fred with whom she was pregnant, grandma asked my dad what she should name the baby. He said “if it’s a girl Cinderella, if it’s a boy, Wallpaper.”