I remember as a child (and quite frankly as an adult) thinking about the concept of eternity and forever. I could try to comprehend it and try to make sense of it, but it really just made my head hurt. I can approach it very rationally and make logical assumptions on what that concept could be, but still my head just hurts and I don’t get it. One day I will. For all those that keep asking me if I am so excited about a daughter…it feels kind of the same as how I feel about ‘forever’. Having a daughter just seems so strange and I just can’t comprehend it. I can look at her closet and watch little girls and make logical assumptions about what it will be like….but my head hurts and I just don’t get it. So for all you close girlfriends that laugh at me because I buy clear pacifiers instead of pink and still avoid the girls section at Baby Gap – well, I just don’t get it yet. Soon I will and soon I will be totally smitten with a tiny one covered in pink….until then, it feels like thinking of forever. Come to think of it pregnancy in general feels like forever!
by AshleyAnn
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amanda torres - It will be enlightening to see how much this little thing changes your life, and your boys for that matter. Not only because she’s a girl, but because she’s #4 as well. You will be an excellent mother to a girl. You will have a bond with her like you couldn’t possibly have with your boys. You will readily understand how she ‘works’ because you have once been there yourself. What an exciting time for your family!
meg duerksen - it will come.
and maybe she won’t be one of those COVERED in pink girls.
i mean she has 3 brothers…she’ll probably want to wear superman clothes and spiderman costumes so they will play with her. talby was desperate to play so she would finally just play star wars to have playmate.
it will be over before you know it. and you’ll have a fresh baby that you can’t imagine how you ever lived a second without.
best wishes ashley!
Chris Campbell - All I know is that “dad” is not pregnant and knows for certain that I am going to be an emotional basket case in the coming weeks. I am the overly emotional and sensitive father that grew up going to disney movies with his older sis as a favorite childhood past time. I also was that guy in those movies that cried at the most unusual moments such as in little mermaid where king triton kissed his daughter at the end of the movie giving her his “blessing”. Why as a 9 year old boy did I freakin cry at that. I don’t know… but I do know that I love being a dad to three wonderful boys and many times just know that I was “created” for that. I also know that this little girl already has my heart just like my wonderful beautiful bride does and I am pretty secure in being a little smitten.
amanda torres - Ohhhhh Chris…you’re going to have it bad!!! My husband started crying at Father of the Bride once he found out he was having a girl and it has only gotten worse. Good Luck!
bopha - Chris & Ashley, you guys are such great parents already and I can’t wait to see how this little girl rounds out your family. By the way Ashley, you have the sweetest husband who is about to forever be wrapped around that little girl’s finger. I was telling my husband about something nice that Corbett did for Hudson at Easter and how I hoped our boys would be like that. He replied, “How could he not be nice with super nice parents like them.” What a compliment on your parenting skills!