I'm an Aunt!!!

(Actually, I will be an aunt.) At Easter dinner, my normally-reserved brother got up to make a toast (weird in itself, since he has done this, you know, never) and said, "We want to wish a happy Easter to Grandma and Grandpa and to Aunt Shalom and Uncle Beloved..." while looking at our parents and my spouse and me - which, in other words, means that I am going to be an aunt! Whoo hoo! Baby is coming in October.

I had none of the mixed feelings I've had about the rash of pregnancy announcements in my life lately - just joy. Later on, I did have to leave a conversation wherein my sister-in-law, whom I deeply love, was bemoaning her truly terrible morning sickness. I feel for her, and I don't blame her at all for complaining since her nausea is so bad she's on medication normally given to chemo patients - but still, I just can't listen to people complain about being pregnant. I'm not quite that mature.

But that was a tiny hard moment in the midst of a very, very wonderful day. I have three nieces and a nephew by marriage whom I adore, but they were teenagers when I met them, and this one I'll get to know from the beginning. We can't wait!