Rick burst into the bedroom to tell me news about my sister Quinn…
“Quinn had her baby!”
MY SISTER HAD HER FIRST BABY!! WAIT – HOW DOES RICK KNOW BEFORE I DO?
“What? Really? Already? What’s the sex?” I ask.
“A boy!”
OH MY GOD. HOW EXCITING. A BOY! A COUSIN PLAYMATE FOR CHASE! THIS IS SO EXCITING! BUT I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW RICK KNOWS THIS FIRST.
“What’s his name?!!”
“Cash! Cash Hudson!”
“Cash?!”
MY SISTER NAMED HER SON CASH? THAT WAS OUR BOY NAME FOR SUMMER. THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A NAME MY SISTER WOULD CHOOSE.
“Hold on. Who had a baby?”
“Courtney. From work.”
Ohhhhhhhhhhh. Rick’s office mate. Rick’s young, super blond, super gorgeous, super sweet, super funny office mate but that’s not important to this story.
So no, my sister hasn’t had her baby yet. But soon.
I told her she is having a boy. Definitely, most certainly, without a doubt, a boy.
Of course, I thought my daughter Dylan was a boy.
And then I thought my daughter Summer was a boy.
And then I just gave up trying to predict and found out the sex of the twins.
So I hope Quinn has a girl’s name ready.
Just in case I might be, totally, most probably, without a doubt wrong.
mama bird notes:
I really depressed some of you with my dad’s baby elephant story. I know you don’t come here to weep so hopefully I can make it up to you with an actual picture of a cute baby elephant.
Courtesy of National Geographic
Are we good now?
When men announce baby news, it is always wrong. Cute elephant. Still sad…because elephants are cute, especially baby elephants..but not dead baby elephants. π
Cash Folbaum? Glad it was Summer!
No husband should ever announce sister news!!! Glad rick had other baby news to tell you! And my kids went crazy over this elephant pic and now asking for more elephant pics π
I’m more depressed about a baby being named Cash than I am about a dead baby elephant.
Imagine what Marinka would say if she knew my daughter went to school with twins named Bronze and Steel.
I had something else to say, but then I got hung up on Jennifer’s comment.
Bronze and Steel?
PS – Thanks for posting a non-dead baby elephant. It’s like a brain cleanser after your dad’s horrifying tale.
Oh thank you for making me laugh once again Kelcey and Marinka.
Good! Thanks! Just as long as thats not the elephant that died…….
so glad i was out of town for the elephant story…i won’t scroll.
If you think Bronze and Steel are bad, imagine Penis and Vagina, as a previous CPS worker I’ve seen/heard it all. Thankfully the story of P & V ended well.
And, thanks for the cute picture of the baby elephant! My kids loved it too.
We’re good. Best of luck to your sister.
I got it all over you people. My daughter has a classmate named Pocahontas. Put that in your Cash and smoke it.
i am totally distracted by that adorable elephant!!!
I think that you will know before Rick when Quinn has her baby. Ok, possibly you cold both find out at the same time. Please send Quinn all my best.
We are good (in the elephant story department) π
I can top Bronze and Steel. I have cousins, yes, BLOOD RELATIVES named Sterling, Goldie and are you ready? Tiffany. Cash seems like the best name ever in comparison.
Yay for Rick’s co-worker! New babies are ALWAYS fun! Thanks for the baby elephant picture. Bronze and Steele?!?!?! I thought wanting my 3 kids to have R first names was weird…
Lemme clairfy…My 3 children all have first names that start with the letter R…
Hasn’t Sesame Street contacted your father yet to be the ‘Kindly Old Grandpa Story Teller’ for kids who need to be punished?
That’s so funny. When my husband tells me baby news he literally tells me “so and so had their baby”. I ask ” a girl a boy? name? weight? shoe size? ” he has no other details.