The Fucking Fish Weighs More Than Four Pounds

My step sister, the hair stylist, has a brand new baby! Aww!

You didn't know that she was having a baby? Well neither did we! Or, for certain, she.

For years my brother in law and she had intimated that they were pretty much d-o-n-e done with the baby-brewing since they already had a 19 year old severely autistic son and 15 year old daughter and were quite happy with that kid to parent ratio. So when she told me two weeks ago that "Your new niece has been born," I was more than a little taken aback. More than a little, like a lot, as in "WHAT THE FUCK are you talking about?" We're fairly close, we talk weekly, she cut Bratface's hair just three weeks ago - how could she NOT have mentioned, and how could we NOT have noticed her pregnancy for all of these months?

Well, she wasn't pregnant. She had taken a teen-aged client with an unwanted pregnancy under her wing and she and her husband even agreed to adopt the baby if the teen parents decided to give her up, but didn't tell any of us because she wasn't 100% sure it was going to work out that way. Then the baby came early, and now my sister is a new mother and we are all happy and surprised and everyone and their dog (doesn't this make you crazy?) has been scouring the planet, but mostly Target, for bassinets, and glass bottles and onesies and sleepers in preemie size.

The sweetest little pea in the entire pod was born at just 34 weeks gestation and is perfectly perfect and healthy in every way except that she is SO INCREDIBLY TINY but she is a whopping (in Preemie World) 4.7 pounds now and is at home with her family right this second!

I get to babysit once a week while my sis works.

Damn straight there will be photos.

Comments

[Alison]

Wow.

[kimba]

Congrats!

Another kid to raise when they were so close to being done!! Brave indeed. It's a good thing there are people like your step sister in the world. :-)

[Allie]

Horray!
That is a wonderful story.
(I'm an aunt the week too! We knew ours was coming though.)