Introducing Mr. Peanut
Today I am celebrating the half-way mark of the greatest creative act I have ever passively accomplished: pregnancy. At exactly five months, I am no longer pushing that lifelong boulder of me, myself and I uphill. Instead, I find myself hobbling from the first trimester precipice downhill toward a completely awe-agape new concept of we that is literally reinventing my body, my family, my future.
We learned last week in our ultrasound that Aliya, like Dahlia, has a penis. Instead of the daughters we dreamed up in high school, Jayne and I will have sons born within months of each other. Her third, my first, but gosh darn it, we pulled it off: a semi-synchronicity of motherhood! More than twenty years beyond our first shared crushes and infatuations, an entirely new boy narrative is emerging.
In five months, I will be mother to a son, our little in-utero Mr. Peanut. My son. Never have two words conjured so much possibility, so great an anticipation, so vast an unknown.
Yay hooray!!!! A thousand happinesses with and for you!! I will be listening with eager ears for any stories of these next months and years with Peanut that you share.
With love and celebration!
Posted by: Kristin | April 24, 2008 at 03:17 PM
:-) "Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee..."
xoxo
Posted by: dale | April 24, 2008 at 03:29 PM
I'm still going to keep calling him Little Bean. I guess a peanut is sort of like a bean...? Or not?!
Many congratulations, and I'm glad you've finally decided to share this momentous news publicly. It deserves to be shared!
Posted by: Mari | April 24, 2008 at 05:55 PM
Hearty congratulations to you and Jon!
He will be here before you know it...bringing all his joy.
Posted by: Christina Katz | April 24, 2008 at 06:57 PM
Boy OH BOY! So wonderfully exciting! Congratulations!
Posted by: Lacey | April 24, 2008 at 06:58 PM
Thank you all so much! He's been doing a little jam session inside of me ever since I wrote this. I think Mr. Peanut is pleased to be public!
Posted by: Sage | April 24, 2008 at 07:35 PM
Oh WOW Sage!! I am just beaming for you. Wonderful news!
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Elizabeth Stone
Enjoy this beautiful time.
Posted by: Nancy | April 25, 2008 at 09:21 PM
Congrats, Sage! Such terrific news! Now it's time for you to start visiting my sister's blog (http://mymomshops.blogspot.com ). Please keep us posted on Peanut's progress!
Posted by: Erika D. | May 01, 2008 at 03:32 PM
Thanks, Erika! I appreciate the introduction to your sister's blog! And Nancy: I can't even begin to imagine what that heart-outside-the-body will be like!
Posted by: Sage | May 05, 2008 at 11:14 PM