Party time! Bexcellent! (sorry)

Major highlight in my life recently was meeting my wee baby Bex and hanging with his awesome parents. That kid has no clue how lucky he is. Of course, when he gets older and he needs a reminding of how much he should appreciate his parents, I may have to leave out the part about Lani and I drinking beer in the park and running away post haste to a bar when we saw the boy coming with his nanny. It is as though nothing had changed in our lives from last year, we just have this really new cool toy (Bex) and we went to bed earlier. And woke up earlier. Get ready for the wee lad. He has a lot to say.

Baby, baby, baby, babybabybabybabybaby!!!

What has happened here?! Seriously. Was there something in the air last September? I know I certainly wasn't feeling particularly inspired or excited, or like I needed to jump in with both feet and completely change my life for FOREVER.

There are so many new June babies that I cannot even keep track. It seems like every day I look at Facebook there is a new baby or 2...some I expected with great anticipation, others I had no clue about.

Waverly, Michael, Theo, Sayenna, Max, Hattie, Bex. The sad thing is that I know I am forgetting some. But there are also at least 3 more coming in the next few days. Is this ridiculous?

Let's just focus in on two extra important ones here...a MAJOR congrats for the highly anticipated little addition to the Hambly/Kaufmann family for little Miss Hattie West Kaufmann. This baby will certainly entertain her peers and never be at a loss for engaging conversation if she takes after her lovely parents. Can't wait to meet her.

And the baby that brings the most excitement for me in my life is little Bex. The first of my girls to have a baby! (Rainey...you know you were really the first, but that was a long time ago and you are now a seasoned pro; we are just novices heading into marriage/baby-some-day land around here). I am an AUNTIE! I want to be with that gorgeous little munchkin all day every day and I haven't even met him yet. Hell, I don't even know if he has a middle name or what his last name is. I just know he is my new favorite little baby and he has a very special place in my heart, just like his mother Lani. I just want to squash little Bex with love.

*Added side note: I am the baby birthdate psychic. I wanted Hattie to be born on my sister Laura's birthday. She was. I wanted Bex to be born on my nephew Landon's birthday. He was. Both took an extra week or so of occupancy to make this happen, but I thank you, wee ones. You have excellent birthdays.

Baby fever...no doubt about it. Makes me happy. See, it even made me update this old boring blog.

2010 FTW

I was reflecting on how dull and uneventful I thought 2010 was, and then I REALLY thought about it. Hardly!

Managing a store on St. John, shopping weekend in Atlanta, seriously HOT tropical days, Jost Van Dyke weekend, get engaged, get married, move to Seattle, 10 year class reunion, Joy's dad dies, start managing Kasala, Jason's biz nearly fails, lots of family visits, Jason heads back to St. John - not to be seen for 4+ months, Camp Wedding, lots of alone time, Jacynth's dad dies (followed quickly by more untimely demises for poor J), Lani gets pregnant, Jason returns, enter 2011.

Rubbing my hands with anticipation for 2011...most excitement for St. John time, a wee Lani/Topher baby, a "wedding", and???