so. i've heard friends and family members who have kids state that the moment their eyes fell upon their baby they were instantly in love. and i always thought that was kind of a load of crap. i mean, sorry, i know its terrible, but i did. how can you love someone immediately? you don't know this person. and especially with babies, they're crying and red and covered in goo. they look like squalling aliens sent down to terrorize earth with their tiny hands and enormous wind pipes. instantaneous love, indeed.
and then i met my nephew. i hopped into the back of my brother and sister in law suv on a very frosty st louis evening and i looked into the carseat at his cute little face and i fell in love. i spent the next 30 minutes staring at him in the dark car on the drive home. courtney was nice enough to turn the dome light on after a few minutes and i got to study his precious little face. i felt my insides turning to mush as i recognized my brothers eyes and forehead on this tiny little being. i now have to rescind all of my private chortling about the "silly magical instantaneous baby love" that people feel for the tiniest residents of earth. woops.
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| hi brendan, i'm aunt andie. i will cuddle you now. |
baby brendan and i spent the next four days getting to know each other. i discovered that he enjoys napping, preferably while laying on my chest. he is also a big fan of milk and will take down bottles like a champ. this might explain why he is an 8 week old baby in six month old clothes. following this, he enters a milk coma and more napping ensues. we played together on his activity mat, and he did his little baby dance to the music.
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| activity mat! |
aunt andie was given a crash course in changing diapers of little boys and just barely escaped being peed on. my nephew currently has the funniest hair i've ever seen. his parents are two of the whitest people on earth, so we knew he would be nearly translucent, and he has a cap of blondish hair. his hair is fairly short and fuzzy except for a swatch that runs the back of his head, which is about two inches in length, and i swear to god, looks like a mustache. i'm fairly certain that brendan is the youngest person alive with a mullet, business on top, and party in the back, friends.
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| how funny is this baby mullet? |
brendan enjoyed his first "friendsgiving" on sunday night when dan and courtney had a few of their friends over for a holiday dinner. he tolerated the crowd pretty well, but loudly voiced his displeasure toward the end of the evening. baby b and aunt pants escaped into his little baby room to go chill out.
on tuesday, brendan attended his first hockey game and watched his father assist his team in winning a semi finals game in their league, advancing them to the finals. go dad! we had not anticipated how frigid the rink would be and decided to swaddle the little dude in several blankets. soon enough, our little man looked like the baby jesus, all wrapped up in various cloths.
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| baby jesus |
and aside from the cute overload that was my nephew, i so enjoyed watching my brother play hockey. it was the first time i had seen him play in about 12 years. now, friends, this is pretty significant, because andiepants was pretty much raised in a hockey rink. to be fair, i was nearly born in a hockey rink. i believe my incredibly pregnant mother attended a game on november 4th and i was born a mere two days later. you see, my father worked second shift most of my childhood, and so in the evenings, between the ages of birth and about 12, i would accompany my mother and brother to various hockey events. practices, games, you name it, i was there. its a shame i'm horrible at ice skating; i know the game of hockey so well i could have been a little phenom. watch out sidney crosby, andiepants is coming for you (hockey fans, insert laugh here).
i used to entertain myself by playing in the dirty spaces behind the stands, discovering little holes in the wall (literally) between the two ice rinks, and making friends with the other siblings of hockey players. i also became incredibly awesome at the arcade games at the rink, such as dome hockey (try and beat me, i dare you) and mortal combat, versions 1 and 2 (mileena and kitana were my favorites characters, i'm a girl, don't judge me).
so you can imagine, friends, how nostalgic i became while watching danny play hockey. and he still plays pretty damn good for an old man (ha!). following the game, dan and i had some brother/seester time and he took me to one of the classiest establishments in the st louis area, the vfw. yes, not only did my brother take me to the v, but this is not the first v he's taken me to. not that i'm complaining. i love the v! sometimes it's a bit weird being the only female in the crowd under the age 50 and weighing less than 300 pounds. i get stared at like a unicorn with boobs. but hey, i had my big brother there to protect me, and for $1.50 beers, its almost worth it.
on wednesday morning, i accompanied the family little b's 2 month check up at the doctor and yes, i did tear up when he got shots in his fat little thigh. ah! the agony! but seriously, imagine being a baby, a tiny little baby, and everythings fine and good and cool, and you're looking around this bright room and theres your mom and your dad and aunt looking at you, and this nice lady doctor comes in and plays with you, and makes faces at you and tells you how cute you are and then mom comes up close in your face and then boom! needles! in your leg! you don't even know what needles are! and where the hell is your leg? what the hell is this! oy. poor little dude.
back to the point, i had a fantastic time in st louis with my family and was really considering calling mike and letting him know that i was canning my california trip so i could stay with my tiny little love muffin. but eventually, they pried me away from the baby and i boarded the plane to los angeles. and that my friends, its a tale for another evening.
enjoy and be thankful for your last november 2010 night,
andie.
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