It feels weird to say that. It does not yet roll off the tongue with ease. Don’t get me wrong, I m very happy and excited. I feel like it’s the right time in my life and I know Jake will be the best daddy a kid could ask for.
I feel like Charlie in Willy Wonka, I have been blessed with a Golden ticket. A ticket that allows me entrance into the most secretive club in the entire world, the “Mommy Club.”
I swear the mommy club is the coolest club ever. Moms can look at one another and just have an unspoken understanding of one another. But just like every club there is a dark side….. the mommy’s who think they are better than all the other mommy’s!
I’m nervous. Will the other mommy’s like me? Will they welcome me into their club or will I be out casted because they don’t think I’m good enough?
You may be thinking right now, “Katie is a little too into” this but I’m serious. I even have an example.
Jake and I went to our first OBGyn appointment on Wednesday. We wanted to make sure everything was going well with our baby. We were sitting in the lobby with three other women. One had already given birth, and two were pregnant, and of course me smiling like an idiot. The lady that had already given birth was a very large, biker, 80’s looking lady with the smallest mouse of a baby I have ever seen. When she got up to leave she did so in a loud, knocking stuff over and slightly embarrassed kind of way. The other two moms rolled their eyes, and looked at her with disgust and never once helped her. I saw the dark side of the club play out right before me……
I immediately got up and helped her open the door. I smiled at her and told her she had a beautiful baby boy. She smiled a smile so sweet; I could see her happiness that I had extended the hand of kindness to her. I shared a mommy smile with her, a smile that touched me to my very core. I, right then in that split second made friends with the mommy that was too large, too biker, and too 80’s looking, the mommy that the other two mommy’s over looked.
Will I ever fit into this club?
Ok, so i have some sorta outsider information...i know i am family but as i do not speak with you guys on a regualar basis i am considering myself an outsider and i will not burst your bubbles because you guys are in fact flippin hilarious! And even though this is post #1 i have decided to follow this blog religiously...you guys crack me up.
ReplyDeleteKatie, i have something to say of these mommy clubs you speak of...I just want to let you in on a litle secret...when you come to the mommy club meetings you have to look a certain way. There is a very distinct look that you have to have to get in and the only way to acheive this look is to be a mommy...i will explain what things the mommy club bouncers will look for to let you in the door....
1.) You MUST have some sort of bodily fluid on your clothes (i.e. spit up, poop or pee.)
2.) You must be wearing an old pair of your husbands oversized sweats, this is a requirment for the first 2 months upon entering the mommy club-dont worry your old clothes wont fit you for the first couple months anyways.
3.) You must have your hair in a ponytail, bun, clip or barrett...you may not have blow-dried or straightened hair (this is a dead giveaway that you are not a mommy-who has time for blowdryers and straighteners?)
AND FINALLY
4.) Your purse can not under ANY circumstances be used for your personal convenience any longer...it must be filled to the brim with baby bottles, formula, diapers, wipes, toys and your husbands wallet...
Just a forwarning...the mommy club is no joke!!! :)
Cant wait to meet the new baby!!!!!!!!!!
This is a wonderful idea! You really let Jesus shine thru to the 80's biker mama. That is no surprise. You are going to RULE the Mommy Club! In a humble and kind way that is. You are perfect for it, nurturing, kind, thoughtful...
ReplyDeleteLove you, The Mema
Mel- I love what you wrote. Those observations are so true! Sweatpants, ponytail and vomit- the Mommy unifrom!
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