Audrey Katana

Just popping in here quickly to note that Audrey started smiling 3 days ago and it’s adorable.

Zoe has a huge number of nicknames, one of which is Boobah. (Zoe=Zuzu=Zu=Zoobah= Boobah) In our sleep-deprived state, we have a tendency to call Audrey by some of the same nicknames. A couple of days ago, B called Audrey Boobah, to which Zoe replied, quite matter of factly, “Audrey Tiny Boobah”.  And so she is. Her official nickname is now Tiny Boobah, and it’s quite fitting, because she really is a tiny version of Zoe. If you compare pictures from when Zoe was exactly the same age, it’s extremely difficult to tell them apart. (I’d put those pictures up so you could try it yourself, but I don’t know how.) So when you see her, feel free to call her Tiny Boobah, or just Tiny. Zoe does.

Just to set straight anyone who suspected radio silence meant something was happening- nothing is happening. My doctor’s prediction of “sooner than later” is only proving true if “sooner” equals “just before, or possibly after your due date” and later means “sometime next year”. But that’s ok, I’ve come to terms with it. Z did very well being late, so I won’t begrudge Audrey any extra time she decides to spend.  (And if that time is spent on her hair, all the better. We’re all for hair, here. )

Zoe, on the other hand, is getting quite impatient, to the point of claiming that it’s baby Audrey on the phone anytime it rings, and walking around saying “Baby Audrey, home now”.

Audrey’s due date is July 25, and while we’re excited for her to get here, we’re not holding our breaths yet. Well, Zoe might be. She routinely walks around the house calling, “Baby Audrey, where are you?” and informing us that Baby Audrey will sit next to her on her blanket or sleep next to her in her bed. It’s terribly cute. We’re not convinced she knows what she’s getting into, but personally I’m not convinced we know either. I want to believe that seeing as we’ve done this once before it will be a breeze this time, but I have the feeling that if I take that for granted I’m setting myself up to get whalloped. I mean, just look at her name- the perfect combination of grace and mayhem. So we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. Hopefully she doesn’t make us wait too long!