**I’m pretty sure I never did this. Did I? Did I ever do this? Don’t answer that.**
I’m on the phone with my sister, who is the proud mama of an almost 3-month old baby boy, Eddie. Who, by the way, is the SMARTEST and MOST WONDERFUL baby in all the history of all the land.
Seriously. He is.
So anyway, I’m on the phone with my sister and we have THIS conversation.
Me: So how was your day?
Sis: Oh, it was fine. We… OH! DID YOU HEAR THAT?!
Me: Hear what?
Sis: Eddie! He made the cutest little talky sound! YOU ARE SUCH A CUTIE WOOTIE BOY! YOU’RE MOMMY’s BIG BOY! YES YOU ARE! YES YOU ARE! CAN YOU TALK TO YOUR AUNTIE JEN? SAY HI AUNTIE JEN! HI AUNTIE JEN! CAN YOU SAY HI AUNTIE JEN?! YOU’RE SUCH A BIG BOY YES YOU ARE!
So Eddie is almost three months old and he’s really super duper extra smart and all that but still I’m not exactly holding my breath for a hello. I’m not really sure what I’m waiting for, truth be told.
Me: (nervous laugh)
Sis: Sorry about that. He’s just so cute! YES YOU ARE YOU’RE MOMMY’S CUTE BOY, YES YOU ARE! ARE YOU SUCH A CUTE BOY? YES YOU ARE!
Me: Ahem. So anyway…
Sis: WAIT! LISTEN!
<<silence>>
Sis: Oh shoot. He’s not doing it any more. He does this really cute babbling talky thing.
Me: Oh I bet it’s cute. (awkward pause) So anyway… I was wondering if…
Sis: (in a shrill whisper) Hold on! Listen! I’m hiding around the corner and holding the phone over his crib. Maybe he’ll talk if he doesn’t know we’re listening.
Despite her clever ploy, Eddie stays silent. I think he’s even smarter than we realized.
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April 6, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I would never! Okay, maybe there was this one time…
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April 6, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Being a new mom is sort of like being a drunk freshman; you swear that you’ll never run around babbling like an idiot and making dumb faces until the next day when everyone tells you that you totally were. It can’t be avoided.
April 6, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I never did that. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
April 6, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Aw, man I never did this when my son was born…must have been the postpardom! :)
April 7, 2009 at 6:57 am
LMAO.
I’m not sure that I was that bad…and especially on the phone. lol. That’s hilarious, though.
April 7, 2009 at 8:31 am
Oh, it’s SO TRUE!
Although it is SO cool when they actaully do make sounds for their Auntie. Yesterday I talked to my 2 year old niece on the phone about the zoo and penguins. It was AMAZING.
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April 7, 2009 at 10:57 am
I once broke up with a single Mom for this exact reason. Well that and she turned out to be a “stripper.” Yeah, those quotation marks are there for good reason. Trust me.
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April 7, 2009 at 11:14 am
Absolutely hillarious~~ yet so true!!
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April 7, 2009 at 1:27 pm
It doesn’t get better as the kids get older. Calls to my sister are now punctuated with “go to your rooms” and “stop hitting your brother” and “gross, go put your pants on”. Boys!
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April 7, 2009 at 2:24 pm
This is so true…and I’m sure we *all* did this! We just can’t remember. It’s like childbirth, we’ve blocked it out!
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April 7, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I’ve had so many conversations like that (me being you in this scenario) that I’ve lost count.
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April 7, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I swear on my nose that when I was reading this I was convinced it was about you and CJ when he was a newborn. I promise you that you sounded EXACTLY like that. I still like you though.
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April 7, 2009 at 9:32 pm
careful… that’s the way to lose a perfectly good nose.
April 7, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I didn’t ever do that…never…I couldn’t have.
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April 8, 2009 at 9:27 am
Oh my gosh that’s SO CUTE. Of course, she’s not my sister ;O)
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April 8, 2009 at 1:02 pm
SO FUNNY! :o)
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April 8, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Has it been three months already?
That is really funny though. I don’t think I ever did that.
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April 9, 2009 at 12:57 pm
That is so funny!! I don’t think I ever did that, but funny!
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April 10, 2009 at 12:04 pm
AWWWWW! that is actually incredibly cute. Just read a blog called “the power of small” – and if anything fits the bill, an adorable three month old does!
Lisa
April 14, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I remember those days.
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