pregnik

Here's a pic of the girls wearing my "pregnik" shirts as dresses. For some reason Larkin has a hard time saying "pregnant" and always says "pregnik." I must admit that I haven't worked too hard to teach her the correct pronunciation--pregnik sounds way cuter than pregnant.

Here's some funny things the girls have said since they found out that I'm pregnik.

Willa:
-"I really hope it's a girl. If it's a boy, I won't teach it anything!!"
-(terrified) "Mommy, don't go swimming!! You'll get the new baby all wet!!"
-"Slug bug blue! Punch the baby, Mom!"

For the first few weeks after Willa found out about the baby she always referred to it as hers. If anyone said something like, "Oh wow, your mom is having a baby!" then Willa would say, "No, it's my baby."
She then talked constantly about all the things she was going to do with HER baby.
-"I can't wait to sleep with my new baby. She can sleep right here in my bed and I'll hold her tight. Don't worry, she won't fall off my bed."

Eventually she finally grasped that we were not going to let her take this baby to her room and raise it herself. Then she started saying things like,
"Are you sure you don't have two babies in there? One for me? Why not?"
And when talking to adults about the baby, she often says in a disappointed voice, "There's only one baby in there, you know."

Larkin
-"I can't wait to have my own baby. But where do you find a husband?"
-"Where is the baby in there? Do you have a pouch like a kangaroo?"
"I think we should name the baby Pearl. Who cares if Papa thinks that sounds like a waitress?"
and my favorite:
-"How many kids are you going to have, anyway? I think three is plenty."