Wherein I make the arrival of Baby FPC all about me (and you are unsurprised)

OMG THIS DAY. 

I didn't sleep at all. My sister was in the hospital! Having a stressful labor! OMG! It turns out I am one of those people who MUST KNOW EVERYTHING and EXACTLY WHEN IT HAPPENS and HOW COME THEY WERE NOT TEXTING ME EVERY TEN MINUTES???? Dude, you guys, some people do not tweet through labor! I KNOW!

When I finally fell asleep after feeding Emma at 5:30 this morning, I OVERSLEPT. This was SO not okay because! I had extra responsibilities! Jack, who does not normally go to school on Thursdays, was going on a field trip today. And my step-niece was staying overnight while the FPC and my BIL were at the hospital. I had to get her to school by 8, Jack to school by 8:15 and I woke up at 7:33. AND I wasted an entire two minutes feeling sorry for myself for not sleeping LONGER. Because everyone else was sleeping too! OMG!

People, we were in the car and zooming to school by 7:49. How much ass do I kick? Sure, no one ate breakfast and a very sleepy Jack had a huge booger in his nose and I dressed him in fleece pants even though it was going to be something like 70 degrees BUT WHATEVER WE MADE IT TO SCHOOL ON TIME. 

(I was a bit of a wreck.)

Two seconds after we get home I realize I've missed a call from my BIL. So obvs I call back ASAP and he goes "The baby's here!" and I go "WAHOO!" Also, maybe I cried a little bit. Shut up. 

I immediately started making scones. Weird, BUT. Each time the FPC has visited me in the hospital after a baby she brought, what else, baked goods. Fabulous delicious best-things-I've-ever-tasted baked goods. I was NOT going to show up at that hospital room without a sufficient load of carbs. At the same time I was feeding Emma, getting Molly dressed, getting myself dressed, half unpacking, and putting Emma down for a nap. Head=spinning.

This doesn't feel as crazy to me, now that I'm writing it, but this morning I felt like I was on drugs. OH WAIT I AM ON DRUGS. But the opposite kind of drugs, where you're super ramped up and extra alert and ON A MISSION! 

You should have seen me careening through Target, baby in the front of the cart, 3-year-old in the back, throwing in snacks and nursing bras and the tiniest pajamas I could find (Baby FPC is five tiny pounds) and also a present for my niece because GET THIS today is her birthday too! OMG THIS DAY!!!

Then Molly and Emma and I made it to the hospital and SNIFF! I am an aunt! Actually, I've been an aunt longer than I've been a parent, but this is my SISTER'S baby and she lives TEN MINUTES AWAY and Baby FPC and Emma have a pre-arranged best friendship and SNIFF! 

I am not allowed to post pictures so DON'T ASK. Well, I might have to sneak one someday because the difference in size between Petite Baby FPC and Moose Baby EJ is hilarious. No one tell my sister. 

AAAAANYWAY, the rest of the day was a bit calmer. My parents took breathers at my house between hospital visits, and that was fun for Jack and Molly. I also had a giant "Here are all the things I learned from my giant Hitler book" conversation with my dad, because I enjoy pretending he is my personal history professor. I guess he kind of IS. And then my mom and I went back to visit the FPC again. Then Phillip came home with flowers and doughnuts to bring the FPC later tonight because that's the kind of great and thoughtful BIL he is. And now I have to REALLY unpack and do some laundry and clean up my disaster of a kitchen and oh yeah, go grocery shopping because there is NOTHING to eat in this house.

But I am thinking it would be nice to go back to Fake Venice and take a long nap. 

Comments

[Christina]

awww... congrats to your sister! And to you too! And wow am I impressed at all you did - scones! Seriously? Wow. You are a very nice sister. :)

[HereWeGoAJen]

What do you MEAN some people do not tweet through labor?!? Do not worry, Maggie, I will not do that to you. Or at least I tweet once I have received my pain medications.

Congratulations on your new Auntie-ness! Even if you were an Aunt before, getting to do it with a fresh one is so exciting!

And if she won't let you put pictures up, you do have my email address, you know... I'm just saying.

[Life of a Doctor's Wife]

Yay!!! Congratulations on your new niece! And congrats to the FPC, of course! I love that your daughters have a pre-arranged best friendship: it will be so wonderful to see them grow up together!

[katie]

There is absolutely nothing better for a brand new mom (and dad) than being visited by family who bring delicious baked goods. Clearly, you are Wonder Woman.
Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!
So excited that EJ will have a bestie cousin so close by.

[Christiana]

Oh! Congrats to FPC and her hubby! I'm pretty impressed that you pulled all that off. Of course, my sister is happy when I bring her a milkshake spiked with kahlua in the hospital, scones are completely beyond me. :) You're awesome. Of course, you knew that all along. :)

[Kate P]

Yay! Congratulations to the whole family! You are a nice sister/auntie.

[Jesabes]

Yay for baby FPC!

I am so jealous of your fake-Venice long naps. My husband declared we must See! Vegas! Every inch of it! Not a single nap was had:(

[GED Online Exams]

You have my eternal gratitude. Your graciousness is appreciated.