Monday, January 19, 2015

And then there were three....

You know, I've spent my entire life looking forward to certain milestones: birthdays, new jobs, finishing a marathon, etc. And one of the milestones in my life that has lived up to all of the hype in my head (which we all know is extra hyped), was marrying CB.

I mean, I knew the wedding would be a blast. Um, it's a wedding. You're doing it wrong if it's not. But the marriage was something I was sure would be filled with highs and lows and laughter and some tears - you know, a marriage. But a milestone I was never quite sure about was whether or not I would want to be - or could even be - a mom. Until my early 30s, I was pretty set on the idea that it wasn't something I was cut out for, nor something I was overly eager to try. I mean, from what I'd heard, you can't just kind of see if it works for you and, if it's not really your bag, just hand the kid back and be like "my bad!" And so it was something that always floated out there as a distant possibility, but never really occupied too much time in my day-to-day life.

Until I met CB. To be fair, I met him long before I knew I'd marry him, but even from early on, I knew this guy was going to be a great dad. It's just in his bones. He's got that way about him and it was something he was always sure would be in his future, too.

But then he went and married someone whose insides may have dried up already, and so I laid a lot of groundwork about my geriatric eggs: "You know, women in their mid-late thirties have a harder time getting pregnant, so maybe we'll just travel instead?" or "This is what you get for marrying someone who was born in the 70s. I know I'm alluring and impossible to resist, but my lady-parts might have closed shop already."

And other really sexy, positive things like that.

But he said "I do" anyway and we went off on our adventure into marriage with the comfort of knowing that we were in this together, whatever may be. And, hey! Maybe this biology thing would work out for us and, if so, Yahtzee! And if not? I've always wanted to go to Greece. (SPOILER ALERT: apparently you can have children AND travel, but we figured our traveling would be a lot fancier if a baby wasn't taking all of our money.)

Then, on a rainy, moody Saturday afternoon in October, I hated the smell of eggs, CB was insanely irritating, and I peed on three different brands of sticks that all told me the same thing: you guys made a person and sh*t just got real.

Bye-bye, Greece!

Hello, Baby Collins!

You can't tell from the photo, but I'm wearing sparkle shoes.
So do not fear, some things never change. 


Happy Monday!




16 comments:

  1. "traveling would be a lot fancier if a baby isn't taking taking all of our money" So funny! I married at 30, almost 31 and knew going in my shop was closed. People STILL tell me at amost 40 (shudder) that "it's not too late"! Yes it is, there was never a bio clock ticking.... BACK TO YOU! I love your comments to CB about your geriatric eggs! ha! See, it does work! Again, congrats (I think this is the 3rd time I've told you now...) from one of your non creepy biggest fans! Let's get this baby into some MSU onesies!!! ---Amanda

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    1. Thank you!!! Definitely MSU onesies!!! That's a given :-)

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  2. yay!! Best news of the day :) Congratulations!!

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  3. Congratulations!!! Traveling with children is sexy! (not that I would know as I am childless, just assuming)
    And I have to say, one of my favourite blogger birth announcements. I read the entire thing and I did not roll my eyes even once.

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    1. Hahaha thanks, that is high praise!! Made my day :-)

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  4. Oh, yay for making a tiny human, congrats! They're pretty darn amazing. And hey, you can TOTALLY travel with kids. I've seen families with young kids stay in hostels in South America. Plus they fly for free before they turn two!

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  5. I was literally just thinking about you guys yesterday and wondering if you guys would want to be parents!!!!! Isn't that crazy?! Maybe I am psychic!!!!! lol Congratulations! I am so ridiculously happy for you guys. :-)
    -Sika

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    1. I think you ARE psychic! Thank you so much, Sika!!

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  6. Boy or girl that child is going to have the most glittered nursery. I am so happy for you both, go be kickass parents!

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    1. Well, if it were left up to me, absolutely. But apparently CB has a say in this...especially if it's a boy. :-)

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  7. Congratulations! We started traveling with our kids when they were infants (6 months old and in Saint Martin, 13 months old traveling in Provence) and it is much easier when they are small and portable. Put them in a child carrier backpack and away you go. And enjoy this time! Life is about to be more interesting and wonderful than you could ever imagine!

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    1. Thank you so much!!! And good tip - I think if we can afford it, we'll definitely be traveling with the baby!

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  8. CONGRATULATIONS, BECKY AND CB! That is super exciting and terrifying and exciting and then terrifying again. I feel I can accurately capture the rollercoaster of emotions because I'm due in June! Ahh! So I am going to read along and relate and hopefully not feel so crazy as we both embark on this insane adventure!!! Congratulations, again!

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    1. Thank you! And CONGRATULATIONS right back to you!!!!!! That's so exciting! I'll try not to make this a baby blog for those who have no interest, but there will definitely be some stuff on here that hopefully will make us both feel like we're not too crazy!

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