sweetest thing...

so this is who i have spent the last five days with...she has a new sister/brother on the way any day now...the due date is past and i feel that i soon as i step on the plane to louisville, she/he will decide it's time to get out of the womb...

she's pretty funny - anne - and she is precisely the definition of strong-willed...it is agreed that if something should ever happen to her parents, she would come and belong to me...i am the adult version of strong-willed ...she is the two year old version...it doesn't look good...

but we love each other...i tried to get her to call me "jo-jo" from my middle name "joann"...kids can't say monica...it's virtually impossible to speak a coherent three syllable word at the age of 11months...so - i opted for a shorter, somewhat snazzy, goddaughter likeable name...which in the end, came out as "ju-ju"...which again, is tolerable...even sweet...

i have to leave her today...when i drove up on friday, she was waiting in the door jumping up and down screaming "juuuuuuu-juuuuuu"....it was the sweetest thing for a 37 year old woman with no children...i suppose these are things we never forget...especially for the strong-willed...

ps - i will tell all after friday...