How do babies get out of there?!

Well Mom, I don't know whether to blame you or thank you. A few hours ago Nolan got out of bed to ask me, "HOW does the baby get out of the Mommy's body?" Seriously, the kid is barely 3! It just hit him in the middle of the night to ask? So, I asked him if he had asked Daddy (since Daddy was in charge of bed time tonight) and he said, "Daddy said to ask you"! (Way to pass the buck Martin!)

Great! So I confirmed what he was asking me and sure enough he tells me, "Baby grows in Mommy's body. How does baby get out of Mommy's body?" I was completly honest with him, "through the vagina" I answered him. He cracked up laughing and gave me a look like ... seriously ... how does the baby really come out? I thought quickly, "You remember how Grandma showed you that book about how the bladder works?" I reminded him that everyone's body has a bladder where the urine stays until it is ready to go through a special path that takes it out of the body through the penis or vagina. Then I explained that women have a womb that is located above the bladder and the baby grows there until it is ready to take the special path out of the body and through the vagina through a hole just below where the potty comes out.

That seemed to make a lot of sense to him and he seemed to be okay absorbing all of that so I continued to explain how some women have C-Sections to help the baby out. To which he responded, "Why don't those other women just get cuts?" That boy is more Martin than I know how to handle!

Gabrielle - Our Sweet Baby Girl - Turns 1

Dear Sweet Gabrielle,

Happy birthday, your first of many! I am filled with so much excitement and anticipation as I see you stand up and walk ... well, maybe it's more like stumble ... out of the days of baby-ness and down the halls of toddler-hood. You are my little firecracker. You are loud and proud. You are sensitive and loving. You are fickle and self-assured. You are playful and sneaky. You tease me with your hugs and kisses, your eyes and your smile. I love every bit of you. We are still discovering you and all your ways, you are my little enigma. Keep me guessing sweet girl. I don't think I'll ever need to "figure you out", I love you in all your ways.