My sister, Christy, has our niece - Anna Carson (8) and our nephew - John Paul (4). When Greg and I were home for Christmas I was watching a movie with them. My other sister, Kimberly, is pregnant with twins due in early May. With those two babies on the way - and our baby on the way - there had been lots of baby talk.
John Paul looked up at me during the movie and said, "Aunt Casey, why can I not see your China baby in your belly?" So I tried to explain in 4 year old terms about adoption. It went something like this... "there is a family somewhere in China and the mama was going to have our China baby in her belly, but when the baby is born they will realize that they will not be able to take care of the baby. Uncle Greg and I can take care of the baby, so we will adopt it." There was a little bit of a pause and then he said, "Do you and Uncle Greg live in China?!"
About a week later apparently he is still trying to wrap his mind around the whole situation. He ran into Christy's room and asked her, "Mama! Will Aunt Casey and Uncle Greg get their China baby from a magazine?!" Hmmm - apparently I have a little more explaining to do!
1 year ago
2 comments:
Omigosh, that is too cute.
Too funny! While you're at it, maybe you could talk to Ty. This weekend while driving in the car, out of nowhere he asked, "How, EXACTLY, are babies made???"
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