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May 05, 2008

I love you forever... but go home already!

Busy, busy weekend. I was at my friend's baby shower on Sunday – and if it seems like I am saying that a lot these days, that’s because I am. So many babies!

MunschAnyways, the mom-to-be got tons of great necessities: Bouncy chairs, bottles (glass, clearly, not the poisonous plastic deathtraps I used for poor Mads), Bumbos, bibs. Endless. It is amazing the amount of stuff that someone under 10lbs requires.

And of course books. Who doesn’t love kids’ books? At one point a copy of Love You Forever was being passed around the room and I kid you not, women were sobbing. Tears and everything. That book really does tug on the heartstrings. We have it on our bookshelf, and I admit that even I have had a quivering lip and a lump in my throat after reading it.

But in all honesty, am I the only one who finds it just a tad bit creepy? When the mom is rocking and singing to the baby, it’s sweet. The toddler, adorable. The kid, sure, that’s cute, too. The teenager, it starts to get kind of weird, but I can go with it. But when she’s sneaking into her grown son’s house and dragging him out of bed to rock him? That’s plain creepy. She’s got to be the worst nightmare of every wife with an overbearing mother-in-law. Imagine the marital strife caused by that one? “Honey, for god’s sake, you’re an adult! Tell her you’ll call her tomorrow and come back to bed!”

Mads was at the shower too, and did great despite the fact that she was operating on no nap. I tried to put her down, but one of the other kids snuck in and tossed his toys in with her when he heard her crying. Which of course made her go crazy. I went in to see why she’d suddenly started screaming and there she was, standing in her pack n play losing her mind while the boy sat flipping through the channels on the TV. He told me he was trying to find The Wiggles on TV because he knew they made Mads happy. Sweet, eh? Not so sweet when she hit the wall at 5pm and was a monster till bedtime. But still, kids can just be so damn cute.

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That book gives me the creeps. I love me some Munsch, but the old woman driving across town with the ladder on her car? If I do that when my daughter is grown, please get me some meds.

Posted by: Dr. Confused | May 5, 2008 4:07:20 PM

Oh I can't stand that book. It's on our shelf too, but I really hope not to read it anymore. Kind of reminds me of Ray and his mom from Everybody Loves Raymond. lol

Posted by: Leanne | May 5, 2008 4:51:59 PM

What? Mom to be? You? Are you pregnant? I feel so out of the loop. Did you post anything about this? What am I missing here? AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

PS- thinking about that grown man from your perspective is a crack up!

Posted by: michelle | May 5, 2008 10:05:18 PM

i love that book! it's made me cry more times than i like to admit! but i was just laughing so hard at your post! rob has been saying the exact same thing about that book since the first time he read it. "come on! he's a grown man! she's a frail old lady...like she could pick him up even if she was that crazy!" he says some other things too, but i don't want him to look bad, so i'll refrain! how funny care!! that's why you two get along so well;)

Posted by: brandee | May 5, 2008 10:06:30 PM

Michelle - lol, NO! I'm NOT pregnant! My friend is pregnant, I was at her shower. I think I need to go do a re-write. :) Sorry to give you a minor heart attack. ;)

Brand - Rob is a wise man. You're not so wise. But I still love your dumb ass. :D

Posted by: Carolyn | May 5, 2008 10:17:44 PM

oh my god i could have written that blog... of course not as well as yourself... but as someone from the uk who was recommended this book i could not believe what i was reading!! my son loves it and its cute and heartwarming in parts but hello?? woman!! youre stalking youre grown son... where im from thats called breaking and entering!! lol!! loving your blog as always!

Posted by: jo | May 7, 2008 4:09:58 AM

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