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Post by Karen on Feb 28, 2010 21:29:48 GMT -5
So my sister has been trying to get pregnant for the last 1.5 years without any luck. She called me up tonight to tell me she's pregnant!! She's due at the end of September. The little sneak is 10 weeks along already! She lives far away and she's been super busy at work lately (tax season - she's a CPA) so we haven't talked much, but deep down, I had a feeling something was up.
So tonight, she called me up to tell me what it was she wanted for Christmas (the gift I gave her was a duplicate, so I returned it and asked her what she wanted in it's place). She said she wanted an exercise tape for pregnant woman. That's how she told me!
Anyway, she and I have really bonded over her attempts to get pregnant. With all the research I've done lately and all I've been through, we've talked a ton more than we ever have, and she even admitted at Christmas that it's brought us closer (we don't talk about that kind of stuff normally - we were never very close). I'm SO excited and happy for her! They just bought a vacation home in Maine and I'm going to go out there to help them fix it up a bit before they rent it out so I'll get to see her in April. Can't wait!
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Post by KSA on Mar 1, 2010 10:51:12 GMT -5
Congratulations Aunt Karen:) It is so much fun to be a aunt! We get to spoil the kids and send them home to mom and dad. That is so exciting keep us posted on everything. Maybe we need a thread titled Im a Aunt? lol~
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Post by Karen on Mar 1, 2010 18:16:40 GMT -5
Thanks! I'm bummed, though, because she lives half way across the country so I won't get to see her pregnant much and certainly won't see my little niece or nephew much! She just sent me the picture from the first ultrasound. It was taken at the beginning of February and measured 1.5 cm! That's TINY! I really didn't think I'd get emotional seeing it, but it's different than just having a friend have a kid!
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Post by hellsbells on Mar 2, 2010 14:43:00 GMT -5
Oh wow, you never said! That's so nice! I'm sure she'll talk about you all the time so the nipper will definitely know who you are!
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Post by Karen on Sept 21, 2010 6:28:13 GMT -5
Woke up this morning to an email from my sis sent at 12:30 am when she was heading to the hospital. Her due date is next Tuesday and when we talked this weekend, she was hoping she wouldn't go this week just yet. I'm so stinking excited! Can't wait to find out more, it sucks that she lives so far away!
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Post by pretty on Sept 21, 2010 14:35:54 GMT -5
it would be awesome if you could be there! so happy for your sis, hope you get to meet the little rug rat soon! btw, they get way cuter as time passes, so you'll still enjoy it even if you don't get to watch it come out! hee hee
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Post by hellsbells on Sept 21, 2010 14:52:32 GMT -5
Aaarggh!! Let me know if anything happens!!
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Post by Karen on Sept 21, 2010 17:05:44 GMT -5
Oh, gawd, the last thing I'd want to do is be there to watch Spud emerge! Ewwww! Should be sometime tonight. She's officially checked in at the hospital and all drugged up now. I know you guys don't really care, but I just have to tell SOMEONE! The guys at work could care less about this kind of stuff...
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Post by pretty on Sept 21, 2010 17:34:30 GMT -5
oh, we care, we care..... more fun than what I was doing, I guarantee that!
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Post by KSA on Sept 21, 2010 19:50:21 GMT -5
Congratulations! Awww I am excited for you. I love babies and being a AUNT:) It is the BEST feeling to have a new baby around.
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Post by Karen on Sept 21, 2010 21:27:24 GMT -5
It's a GIRL! We were all assuming it was a boy, but there are so many freaking women in our family, it only makes sense.
8 lbs, 11 oz., black hair, blue eyes. I haven't talked to my sister yet, just my dad. Yay!!!
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 21, 2010 22:44:26 GMT -5
Congrats! Its even more excited when its a long waited for pregnancy!! Very exciting!!
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Post by gemstone on Sept 22, 2010 7:28:13 GMT -5
Congratulations Karen!!!! Hope your sister is doing well xxx
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Post by amber84 on Sept 22, 2010 12:40:33 GMT -5
Very exciting Auntie Karen!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Hope mommy is doing well. What a blessing! And so great that you and your sister have gotten closer. So what name did they pick out??? I have a strange obsession with names. How soon do you think you will be able to go out to see them??? CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!
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Post by pretty on Sept 22, 2010 14:08:41 GMT -5
ooooh auntie! congratulations. want to do a birth chart? I'm such a freaking nutcase, I always want an astrology chart! if we know the city and time, I will post one for you.....P
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