Last night Maile was all “I want you to have another baby!!” and I was all “OKAY!” and Pat was all “no.”
In my heart I was pleased to have another human in the house pressuring him…even though Kainoa conspired against me and told me he wanted to be my baby forever.
I decided to play with fire and asked Maile HOW babies even GET in mommies’ bellies in the first place and she got all serious the way she gets when she’s about to educate me about something, “The mom and dad just have to love each other a lot and really concentrate on how much they love each other…
and then…
the baby comes!”
I thought I detected a tinge of doubt creep across her face after she heard herself say that all out loud, but I wasn’t about to fill her flowery interpretation with anything more.
DINNER TIME!
Loukia says
Adorable! That’s pretty much rge story in my house, too! Your drawings are awesome, by the way. ;)
Andrea says
Last year, our 4 kids (12, 10, 8, & 5) started asking us to have another baby. Like every night asking us. To the point that I was getting annoyed. Honestly I knew I would not be upset to have another one, but I was so content with our 4, that I wasn’t longing for another one. AND we’d gotten rid of almost everything baby by then… Well, I decided to answer them by saying, “Why don’t you all pray about it? If God wants us to have another one, we will. But if He doesn’t, then you need to be content with our family the way it is!” (Totally thought I’d taken care of that argument.)
Until 5 months later when I discovered I was pregnant!!!! To say we were shocked is an understatement! But then I remembered 4 children who had faithfully been praying for this… And now that surprise #5 is here, we can’t imagine our life without him!
Recently, my youngest daughter was overheard telling her bet friend (who also wants her mommy to have another baby) that “all you need to do is pray about it every night, and God does the rest! Your mom & dad don’t even have to do a thing!!!!”
(watch out – God even hears the prayers of little ones! :)
Andrea says
That is crazy! I think I may have gotten my #4 that way. But now I know not to put it in the hands of those 4 to think they may need another! :)
Arnebya @whatnowandwhy says
It’s all in the concentration! Clearly! Just be sure to tell her the truth when the time’s right. Otherwise, she’ll wind up like me in middle school thinking seeing a penis causes blindness and hickeys give you neck cancer.
EmmaJewel says
hehehe… love it.
CJ was three when he asked me how babies get into a mommy’s tummy. He’s almost 13 now….
Me: Well, when a mommy and a daddy want to have a baby, they put their private parts together.
CJ: ew…. really?
Me: yes.
CJ: only grown-ups?
Me: yes… just for grown-ups.
CJ: kay good. can I have a cookie?
we’ve had many more serious conversations about private parts – whenever he had a question, “mom, it’s about private parts. we have to talk in the bathroom about private parts”
:)
Kathy says
LOL – yes, my daughter was also grossed out when she found out how babies are *really* made. “YOU AND DADDY DID THAT?” And then was contorted with imaginary pain after being told how the babies come OUT –
Carolina says
Awww how cute! I love the way children think!
Holly from 300 Pounds Down says
Hey that’s not far from the truth I guess lol. Sometimes you do have to concentrate!!
Jenn [ Crippled Girl ] says
aha! That’s what I’ve been doing wrong – not concentrating enough! :P
Alicia says
M was 5 when I was pregnant with P. My sister was also pregnant, the questions were inevitable.
After I told her she said,”so, you and dad have only done that twice then.”
I said, “right” only twice. Ever.
Alicia says
Now she does a renactment of this clip from Knocked Up
http://youtu.be/ixoK-94Aqr0
Jen says
Bwhahahaha!
We actually had a similar conversaton this week at the dinner table. My SIL is going to have a baby and Jeff asked the kids if they knew how is was going to get out of her tummy?
I was like, WTF? man, do you know what door you just opened?
Thankfully, I distracted the kids with dessert.
*whew*
Jennifer says
Well that’s kind of how it works. I mean the mom and dad do kind of concentrate on how much they love each other. Actually concentrate is a really good word. “Sorry kids, mommy and daddy need to go concentrate on something in the bedroom…”
Susi says
Out of the mouth of babes. Too funny. :) My 3 want us to have another one but unfortunately that won’t happen due to health reasons. :(
Mary says
When I was 8 my best friend and I had a big fight about how babies come out of Mom’s bellies. Having been raised Catholic by a mother who had six more kids after me and had no time for details, I was told that God just opened up the Mom’s stomach when the baby was ready to come out. When I told my best friend that she said, “No way, they come out your butt hole.” What did we know?
Mimzy Wimzy says
Oh how I wish it were that simple! I’d have an entire tribe of babies up in here!!!
heather... says
I really, really can’t get over Pat’s hat.
heather... says
And I mean that in the best way possible.
Ashley says
that what I told my girls…