Yes folks, that's right...the household who had never so much as changed a diaper before the arrival of little miss Reese, was temporary home to 7 babies this past weekend!!! Yes, you heard me correctly....SEVEN!!! Now that is a LOT of baby!!
So the back story on this one is that when I was pregnant with Reese, I kept noticing more and more pregnant women "popping" up at work (Banfield, The Pet Hospital for those of you who may not know what I do when not hanging out with Reese). I knew some of them from various work-related functions and others I only knew from that "I-feel-your-pain" smile we would flash one another while waddling past one another in the halls at the office. Those who I knew I decided to start emailing so we could swap advice on baby gear, childcare options, various aches and pains, etc. You know, the usual hot topics of new mommies. Turns out, we were all due within about 1 month of each other. Crazy....must be something in the water at that place!
Anyway, now that all of our babies have been born, we thought it would be fun and entertaining to get them together for their very first play date. Well....more like mommy chat circle since they really don't play all that much. What was originally slated to be a group of 4 turned into 7 babies and 7 mommies!!
While there really was no playing, it was still a great time for us all to catch up. The best moment by far....when the babies on either side of Reese simultaneously reached out and patter her hair as if to say "What is that exactly??" As you can see, she was the only one (other than the 6 month old) sporting any form of a 'do.
Some have already headed back to work and others of us are still savoring these final few weeks of maternity leave (I head back mid-September) so it was good to hear that the return is survivable and not overly traumatic (although I am starting to have my doubts on how I will manage to hold it together the first few weeks). We are hoping to make it a regular event. I guess it would be appropriate to call this a Banfield Litter!!!
After about 2 1/2 hours of these other babies invading her territory, Reese decided that it was time for her little friends to head home for the afternoon. And let me tell you, she is generally pretty mellow, but when she makes up her mind about something, she has NO problem voicing her opinion....hmmm....wonder where she gets that?
Oh, and if you are wondering, Todd made the wise decision to make his exit to the Portland Brewfest on this afternoon. When he returned, he tended the garden and recreated his own little rendition of the 7 dwarfs.....
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