3 months in

John, who started work on the same day as I did, informed me that today marks our three months of working here. Do you know what that means? That means we've reached our minimum time to wait until we try getting pregnant again. The way we figured it, we had to wait at least 3 months and then have a 9 month pregnancy to receive my full maternity leave benefits.

Hmm... On further thought, maybe we should wait another month in case the baby is born early. That would suck to be denied benefits just because of a premature birth.

Pappy's Girl

Ok, I fully admit that they were probably just trying to come up with a nice gift idea for Pappy, but when I saw a collage of pictures of Ellie's step-cousin (my dad's wife's grand-daughter) with "Pappy's Girl" in big letters across the bottom, I couldn't help but be a little insulted. What does that make my little girl?

I know it's silly of me, but I did feel better to know I wasn't the only one it upset. My sister commented on it. Michael commented on it. Even Justin (my brother-in-law) noticed. I guess I just find it difficult to imagine myself giving such a gift when I know that Pappy has another grand-daughter, who is also (maybe even more so) "Pappy's Girl".