After rain comes sunshine... and what could bring more sun than the arrival of baby Ethan!! My dear sis give birth to him on Friday the 17th of October. Such a proud auntie I am! Although I have 3 nieces, this is the first nephew and I can't wait to see him when Miguel and I will visit him in December.
It's weird, I am so much closer with my sister than my older brother, and for some reason this baby feels more closer too.
And as I tell the news to friends or family here in Spain, along comes always the question... what about you? Like when you pass a 'certain' age, or you are in a longterm relationship, you should suddenly have the urge to start a family too?
I do, sometimes. Have that urge, I mean. Other times I don't. The point is yes ofcourse I would like to have a family of my own and I also know I cannot wait around for ever to let it 'happen'. I enjoyed it a lot when one of my best friends were here for a week with her family. I do tend to be tolerant of babies that are close to me, which sounds worse than I mean, but I generally don't have a lot with little babies that I don't know.
-- Can I please stress that this non-tolerance feeling does NOT count for that best friend's kid, and ofcourse my nieces and nephew, because they are the only ones so far that make me feel motherly and überpatient!!! --
Ok, so to continue, I like kids when they can talk, reason, play, are polite and generally take care of themselves. I could not wait for my dogs to get out of the puppy thing. Sure it's supercute, but I am not a very patient person that tends to fuss a lot. Which doesn't mean I don't worry when I picked up a little chick that fell from the tree and nursed it for 6 weeks, from being totally hairless and having to learn how to eat, fly and basically live, untill the moment it flies out. I did keep 'Tio Pio' beside my bed and wake up every 2 hours because I worry that it's not moving anymore.
But the strong urge of wanting to be a mother, I don't have it all the time and I never had it (all the time). I do know I could handle it, and I will be very happy if and when it does happen. I mean, new parents in general keep saying that it changes your life completely, which makes sense. It's not about you anymore (which also makes sense). But if people really thought it was that bad, why do they keep having kids? Exactly...
Oooh but I'm sure these moments uncertainty will totally dissapear when it comes to my kids... We will see...
Tic-tac-tic-tac!
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