This is my sister Jess and her baby Luca, who was born at 3.38 on Sunday AM. I was there, it took forever - 36 hours of full on labour, and contractions on and off for 4 days before that.
We seemed to have spent the entire holiday waiting for Luca.
Then ta-da, she came.
Jess has a gravitas about her, a weight and focus I never saw in her before. She is stellar. They're back home together today, the three of em, Jess + Craig + Luca, and I'm sad as hell that I won't see them for probably another year.
There's a lot about living in Melbourne that is a loss, mainly cos babies change every day. In the 3 weeks I was in Perth Leo learned to sit up from laying on his belly, and is beginning to crawl - but only backwards so far - I'll miss out on this year's all-of-that, and it sucks.
My own family will be real tho, when the baby comes. In June. I can't even help wondering a lot lately tho, what kind of parallel life the girl who was nicer to K is having, and what perfectly queer family she's looking forward to.
I wish I wuz her.
posted by Annie B @ 1:39 PM
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