The whole family is in full-fledged Baby Watch mode. My poor niece keeps answering the phone/email/texts/g-chats, etc. saying, "No, not yet." We're not trying to bug her - we are just so excited. This is the first baby of the next generation. Compounding the excitement is that the parents-to-be have done it the old fashion way - we don't know what the baby's sex is, and we don't know what names they are considering. (Withholding the names is a smart move on the part of my niece, because in this family, we would all be weighing in with our opinions and trying to influence the outcome.)
One very nice side-effect of Baby Watch is that my own kids now return my calls promptly. "Mom - you just called. Is the baby here?" Of course, once I admit I am just calling to say hi, they very politely tell me they are in the middle of something. But never mind - it's all good.
Needless to say, I am in a lull period with the book. Just some back and forth with the publisher's lawyers about release forms from the folks I've quoted. (Most moms are referred to just by first name, or the names have been changed, so they don't need to sign them.)
Hey, speaking of names, I wonder what the baby will be called. And when he/she is arriving. It's warm and sunny today - a pretty day to enter the world.
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