A vicariously-living Aunt
God willing, hoping all goes well and assuming that the scans so far have been accurate, I will have a nephew in early November. This is something of a surprise to my family, because we don’t do boys. And I'm not sure that we know that we know what to do with boys either (this might become apparent as you read on). So far I have three nieces, each of whom is gorgeous in her own way, and I wouldn’t have minded at all if I got another one. But, thankfully, I think my brother-in-law knows what to do with boys. He grew up in an all-boy family, is a helicopter pilot in the Army and is, I think, itching for a son to teach a few things (much as he adores his daughter).
Anyway, so my sister told me that she wanted a red and blue room for this baby. Starting from there, when I was in Hobart I couldn’t resist buying this little Raggedy Ann and Andy (and this baby will be a little brother for Annie you see, but I am fairly sure that “Andy” doesn’t feature among the name options).
She also told me that she’d like a Paddington Bear in the nursery. I was rather taken with that idea because as a child I always wanted a Paddington Bear, with real gum boots on. I remember staring longingly at them in what was then Grace Bros in Tamworth, wishing badly that I could have one, and watching Paddington on TV and just loving it. So, I have done plenty of research about Paddington Bears and decided that it needed to be a shaggy-furred one, with real boots of course; that I was unashamedly going to live vicariously through my nephew when it came to this bear. Then yesterday I found the perfect Paddington and went a little crazy and bought him.
The thing is that just now I am wondering how much this boy (and my brother-in-law) is going to appreciate his rag doll and teddy bear?! Should there be wheels on something? But how cute is this bear?!!!