Jungle Baby Gets a Sister

You know how you say something when you really believe it is true. You know it is true. Even if it is your opinion, you are extremely opinionated about it. You say it with confidence. It is your fact.

This used to be my it:
"No, no I won't. I know, Zoe Lu really is great and I agree, she should have a sibling. But, no. I will never be pregnant again."

Yes I am. My it was not true.

Thankfully Zoe Lu is going to have a sister. I get to give her a sister! I have one. I have a sister. And thankfully! What in the world would life be like without a sister? Thankfully I won't raise a child asking me that question, for I truly have no idea. My sister rocks and Jungle Baby #2 will rock her way here in October. My sister was born in October too. My sister and I are 22 months apart, and my daughters will be as well. If you think about, my family is full of impressive sister teams.

(If you know my family, think about it...)
Here comes another sister team!

I don't need to vent about being pregnant now. I am very pregnant now, in week 22. I look pregnant, but no other part of my life has been touched by this pregnancy. I feel absolutely normal, but she is growing in there. She is very, very different than her sister. Jungle Baby #2 doesn't need you to pay her much attention. She is just chilling, passively just swimming around. As she swims and grows safely inside, we have anarchy here out here.

Zoe Lu is almost 18 months old and the sheer joy and utter terror of my life! She is one mesmerizing, complex and powerful creature. She makes you notice her. Since day one she has captured everyone's attention. As she has aged, nothing has changed. In fact, she is just becoming more powerful day-by-day.

I find myself terrified of my daughter at times. I oftentimes have no idea what she will do and she is strangely powerful. She has the power to make me laugh, cry, scream, whisper, jump up-and-down, push a stroller for hours, sing...to do to any single thing she wants me to do just by looking at me. She has me at her command every second we are together. You have to admit this type of power is to be feared.

My house is no type of democracy anymore. It is ZOE's WORLD and I have been demoted. I now work for Zoe. She is the queen bee, and I am a drone. I enjoy reading sarcastic mom writers' rants honestly portraying motherhood. I really do find solace in humor bashing the fake beauty of raising a child. THIS IS HARD! This job is much harder than I thought.

Current Job Description
ZOE's WORLD Grunt (position formerly named Mom)


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