One-liners over the past 39 weeks

I wrote an earlier post about Troy slapping us with funny one-liners –“But I love hot sauce,” was one of them.  There have been alot more, his one-liners are precious to me because I am 39 weeks of pregnant! Yes,  soon this blog will entertain stories of Troy’s siblings. But before by mind is swamped with the details of newborn care, here is a look back at the funny comments Troy has made over the past few months.

“Two baby boys…Just like Luke!” This was Troy’s comment during the first ultrasound we went to check for heartbeat. Luke is a friend of his with two baby twin brothers. Later I noticed all the twins in Troy’s preschool are same-sex twin boys. Fast forward 25 weeks when we learned the genders of the babies–a boy and a girl. As people asked gender, Troy gave them a short and sweet “We don’t know yet” reply. But then he heard us say “One of each!” Finally, he took me aside and said–“Stop telling people it is twins, it reminds me that it is not two boys. Say brother and sister.”  On one hand I wanted to tell him to just accept it, but on the other hand I admired his logic!

Going back to the time when Troy thought he is having two brothers, he suggested the names Simon and Says. Then he added Robin, Daisy, Layla when he came to terms with having a sister.

To communicate with the babies Troy tells me to open my mouth, then he yells into my mouth “Hello babies!”

One night at the dinner table I told Troy “When I was a little girl my grandmother told me that the food will cry if left on the plate.” he replied “My grandmother says we can put it in the fridge for next time…”

Finally,. just the other day he said “I wish I was a pregnant lady so people can care about me….” Lately he has been walking around with his baby picture saying sadly “I miss being a baby….” As parents we accept that these are normal statements for a first-born child who will have siblings at the tender age of 4.  But we do not accept him jumping in front of the camera when we want to take a picture of me pregnant!