Babies

Ever since Grandpa Taylor gave me my pink bunny (named sunnybunny) when I was a sick 5 year old laying in a hospital bed, I've wanted to be a mother. Sunnybunny was my child. I would feed her, hold her, sing to her, and protect her. Except for the time that I was outside having a picnic with her and a dog stole her from me and ran far away taking my Sunnybunny away from me forever. But I'm sure I won't let that happen to any of my future children. We'll see. It seems like everyone is having babies. Well, I know they are, because people still exist, but living in Provo it seems like it more people are having babies more often. When people announce that they are pregnant and everyone asks them if they want the baby to be a boy or a girl they always say "we don't care, we just want it to be healthy." Of course you want a healthy baby, but I don't believe it when people say they don't care what the sex is. Allow me to be the first person to tell you exactly what I want in my children. No, I'm not pregnant, and yes, I just might go straight to Hell for writing this post. Lets find out.

1. I want my first child to be a girl. Girls are more fun, you have way more options with clothes, you can paint their nails, and you get to put those humongous bows in their hair. It's like dress up all the time.

2. I want all of my babies to have a ton of dark hair.

3. I want all of my babies to be brown. Our kids will be half Native American and half Caucasian. I don't think that any of them will be as white as me or as dark as Rick, but I'd like them to at least be olive skinned. A trait they will definitely not get from their mother.

4. I want them to be cute. I am a white girl with curly hair and my family is full of redheads. Not saying we're not cute, but what happens when you mix that with a Native American? A brown red head? A curly haired Indian? The poor children will be teased mercilessly. Probably by their own mother. I'm sure that if they are going to take after me they will have mostly my traits and if they take after Rick they will have mostly his, but still, what if we get a crazy mix? The only thing we are (mostly) sure on is their eye color. I have dark brown eyes and Rick has black eyes. My family thought the same thing when Jordan and Andrea had their first baby. Andrea has olive skin, black hair, and dark brown (almost black) eyes, and Jordan's eyes are as dark brown as mine, and they managed to make a baby with the brightest blue eyes you've ever seen. A blue eyed Indian? It's possible. I'd totally make it be a baby model.

5. For the sake of my body going through labor, I want my children to NOT have their father's gigantic head and shoulders.

6. I want to have 4 kids. The first 2 will be home grown, and the last 2 will be adopted. Maybe they will be biological siblings? I want one of those 2 adopted children to be a boy, and I want to name him Richard Brimhall III. My husband's dad is Richard Brimhall, my husband is Richard Brimhall II, and he is adopted. I think it would be so neat to keep the name in the family and have it be given to the adopted sons. It's a long shot, but it could still happen.

Dear Future Children,

Child #1 - If you are a boy I will still love you and instead of putting big bows in your hair I will give you sweet mohawks and beanies. I'll get the beanies to match your shoes too. It'll be a big hit.

All children - If you are born white, bald, and have a huge head and shoulders, I will still love you. And I will dress you so nice. We're talking argyle sweater vests, fancy shoes, and legitimate church suits (not just when you're older, when you're 2) for the boys and dresses, skirts, and sparkly shoes to match your sparkly earrings for the girls.

Kids, remember that everyone in life goes through an ugly phase. My ugly phase was 9th grade. Your dad's ugly phase was ages 9 - 16 and then again from 19-24. Good luck.

Love,

Mom