Getting Outer and Outer

It's been a little interesting this go around of pregnancy. I've never had children old enough (or curious enough) to notice, and they have noticed a lot more than I thought. Here are their thoughts on the matter.

Caelan: Do you have a baby in your tummy right now? (Somehow she came to the conclusion that when I'm sick, the baby isn't in my tummy and when I feel better, the baby is there. Evelynn thinks the same. Maybe they had their own conversation about it.)

Evelynn: Is there a baby sack in your tummy? (I was surprised by this one and told her yes, actually, there was a baby sack called a 'uterus'. Now she says it all the time. If she volunteers this information, it's the only technical term she knows and she's still convinced that baby's are in mommy's tummies until the doctor gives the baby to the family. She has yet to ask how the doctor gets the baby, so don't worry if the 'uterus' conversation comes up.)

Caelan: If you're sick you can take medicine... you can take my medicine. (Her medicine being Tylenol. She's so thoughtful.)

Both girls check my tummy at some point every day, asking "Is there really a baby in there?"

Evelynn: You are getting outer and outer. There is a baby in there!

There are daily fights over what I'm having, boy or girl. Evelynn wants a 'brother... because we don't have one of those. All we have are two sisters.' Caelan secretly wants a brother as well, but she has never owned up to that in front of Evelynn. When she hears Evelynn say she wants a brother, Caelan immediately responds by saying she wants a sister. And then the fight breaks out.

Evelynn: "But McKenna is our baby. What will we do with another one?"

McKenna, of course, is oblivious.