But given a flat tire one evening, Ian's preschool Christmas performance another, and just general laziness, the evenings rolled by until the next weekend came along and the tree was still in the same condition. Finally, we got moving. As we decorated the tree on Saturday evening, I began to hang the ornaments and started noticing a peculiar pattern...and then began to think, "Oh, I am a bad mother this year!"
See, I am the THIRD and LAST child born in my family. As such, growing up, when you reach a certain age and start to look through pictures and shuffle through things, you realize that there aren't quite as many..or hardly any...pictures or WHATEVER..you name it..as the first child. I'd always say to my mom, "Mom, why did you take so many pictures of Diana (my sister, the first born) and not of me?" Of course, they try to explain about being the first born, but when you are little, you don't understand that concept..until now. Until now. Uh huh.
So, while I am hanging ornaments, I notice I have a 2002 family ornament in which it says this is our first home together and "Ian will be joining us next year". I have a star ornament which has Ian's first ultrasound picture in it. I have five...count them..five 2003 baby's first Christmas ornaments, 2 of which have pictures in them.
And then, I have nothing. NOTHING for Isabel. CRAP.
I. MUST. SCRAMBLE. I went to Target yesterday. Love Target. But got to say Target sucks for Christmas ornaments. Not good when time is limited, and I don't want to go to the mall. I called my mom, and my mom has one for me. Good. Well, at least I have one to put away. I just hope I get another one to put a picture in.
Sorry honey, you won't have five ornaments. You are going to be a second child. Guess first children really do get most everything. I love you just the same.
After the adoption goes through, I hate to think about number three. She is going to wind up just like me. Poor girl. She'll be lucky to get one.
3 comments:
Oh My god, I have the same problem!! After trying for so long to get pregnant, I have SIX ornaments for Cmaeron's 1st Christmas! SIX! Gracie does have 3, and it is only her second Christmas, so maybe I am not doing too bad...I buy them each special ornament every year and Hallmark has some god ones...we are also thinking about another adoption, maybe I should start buying ornaments now...very cute picture by the way! my son is half naked right now...and nowhere near bath time!
Lisa
I have the same problem except it's not with the ornaments.... it's with the baby book! I wrote every little tooth and every little first in my son's baby book but Gwen has 8 teeth (and four more coming in!) and I don't even have a baby book for her yet!
Grandmas always come through, don't they? About half of the ornaments I have are handmade from my grandma. And she made sure to make equal ones for me and my little bro.
Cute pic! Isabel's sweet face looks very girly, I bet you don't even need that "I'm not a boy!" tee-shirt anymore. ;-)
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