Okay,
this Royal Baby thing really threw my sleep off. I realized that I had
recently done a photo shoot for Celeste a week early. If I've given
off any wrong dates, you'll just have to forgive me. Here goes my Royal
Baby experience. First things first, I had not really gotten a good
nights sleep. I just kept waking up like at 2am and 4am to see if she'd
had her baby yet. Dang you time zones. Anyways, my mom knew right
away at 4am, but I woke up at 6am finding out.
I
actually felt so anxious I went into the tub to labor and then Adele
and Behr came in and took over. Shush-up. When you've had six of these
babies the body just responds to the thought. My friends have seen
this. It can just start hurting down there. While Adele and Behr are
in the tub I'm rolling fondant. I get this call from my brother, "Who
cares?" and "I don't want my nieces and nephew growing up in a home
where they're taught to worship these people!" Blah, blah, blah,
whatever Hugh, good-bye.
I
just stepped away from the TV to go check on Adele and Behr and when I
came back the above picture is the headline! And surprise - tears, it's
a boy! I'm crying and my pure Anglo-Saxon blood is weak. After
composing myself I run and get Celeste to pose her in front of the good
news. She looks like she really cares. This TV is in my craft room and
was konked out in a recent lightning storm. And my son, by accident
hit our other TV with a hockey stick. As of right now we are TV free.
I
must say I'm really happy it's a boy. And I'm relieved for the girl
that never was. This would have been tough for a woman, look at Queen
Victoria of Sweden. Even she laments that she sends her husband and
father out to go do "the job." It's okay if she can't "do it all" and
okay if she can. Remember, Albert technically "ruled" for a good 20
years while Queen Victoria raised their nine children.
I must admit that I was a little disappointed he was given only three names. While Laura
predicted George, I had Richard Charles or Hugh as my first choices.
Richard Charles is the name of my husband. Hugh is my brother's name,
but I knew it was a long shot. I realize that Richard is a sort of
scarred name, but I still think it would have been refreshing. But I
love George, it is a great name. In fact, my grandpa Olsen always
wanted a George and it is the nickname of our cousin Nathaniel.
Alexander refers to Alexandra, one of Queen Elizabeth's middle names.
Which leads me to believe, if this had been a girl they would have gone
with Alexandra. And of course Louis after Mountbatten. I could have
thrown a few more history rich names in there, but I have Mormon blood
so the hook-up was never going to happen between Wills and I. Don't be
disappointed, my BFF Kim smacked the fantasy good and hard out of me
when I was 17. There are blessings about being a Mormon, but marrying
the future King of England is not one of them. Struggles, we all have
them.
My
favorite part was when they both walked out of the hospital. I
instantly recognized her polka-dot blue dress as a tribute to Di's. The
shawl is also the one that Di used to wrap Wills in when she left the
hospital too. It was so nice to see them come out and talk to the
media. William made a joke about his and the baby's baldness, but
George will have Michael's hair, as boys, correct me if I'm wrong, get
their hair from the maternal grandfather. This is most definitely the
case with my son, as everyone always says to him, "You need a beard to
go with all of that hair." Here is a recent picture. He wanted his
pictures taken while I was doing a photo shoot of Celeste, and yes he
needs his nose wiped.
I
had no idea what everyone was talking about when they said "mum tum." I
just didn't see what all of the focus was on. We don't have this kind
of "talk" going on at our household. You know, obviously she's secure in
her relationship with William to not try and hide the "mum tum".
Losing
the weight with each baby is different, as each child is different. I
don't think there should ever be any sort of pressure, if anything you
should do it for yourself. When I had my son 2 1/2 weeks early, I was
ordered not to workout for 3 months and engage in only the "lightest
walking." My tummy had expanded fast and beyond the full term weight of
8.15 like my girls. Technically and medically speaking tests show he
was 3 1/2 weeks early but we still refer to is as 2 1/2 weeks early. If
I had gone full term the guesstimate birth weight was 12-13 pounds.
Behr (my son) would have been a c-section regardless. For a long time I
was swollen and had to go in for a weekly check-up as the boy had
really "pushed the limit" on the tummy. I do not want this pushy kind
of attitude when it comes to losing weight around my girls.
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