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MY SISTER IS PREGNANT!!! My 3rd sister, Janie, and her husband, Chase, are expecting their first child in early 2016! This will be the third grandchild on our side of the family-- as my niece puts it, I'm going to be a triple aunt! Now, for those of you who know the soon-to-be parents you know they are a divided house. Chase earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Auburn University and Janie graduated from the University of Alabama... so Fall 2016 is going to be fun!

Since this is going to be Chase & Janie's first child, we decided to put them through a new parents quiz! They were each sent the questions and answered them separately {without talking to the other}. So lets see what they said... 1. What are you most excited about?

Janie: We have decided not to find out the gender, so I can't wait to deliver and the doctor to say Boy or Girl! Oh and being pregnant during the holidays!

Chase: I'm just excited to be a dad (sounds so weird still).  I thought I was excited before the first doctor's visit but after seeing the baby on the ultrasound and hearing the heartbeat it made it "real", then I got really, really excited.  I can't stop thinking about it.  We get to bring a little person into the world that's going to look a lot like us and probably act a lot like us, and then we get to watch them grow up.

2. What are you most nervous about?

Janie: 2 things: delivery and weight gain

(1). I have zero pain tolerance to the point I want to go to the ER if I stub a toe. So I have a feeling child birth is going to be a little difficult for me. I think my family is even nervous of how I am going to handle it.

(2). I love to exercise and eat healthy so naturally I always assumed I would have this amazing healthy pregnancy with little weight gain. Reality has hit and the amount of hunger I experience is unnatural! I am terrified of the end result but still trying to remain health conscious. I'm not really sure if it is working.

Chase: Being a dad haha.  I hope I'm a good one.  As my mom put it, "it's a whole different ball game now".

3. How is the other handling the pregnancy so far?

Janie: Haha this just makes me laugh. Chase and I watched "What To Expect When You Are Expecting" shortly after we found out. In the movie one of the husbands mentions a phantom pregnancy and he now says he has one. He his enjoying my pregnancy cravings but worried he is getting the "Dad Bod".

Chase: She's great! She was pretty sick for the first few weeks but that seems to have passed. Now she's just hungry.

4. Will this child wear Orange & Blue or Crimson & White on gamedays?

Janie:  We learned early in our marriage that it is best if we don't talk college football and we stuck to that until now. One of my sisters sent us some adorable Alabama, Auburn, and Ole Miss onesies and of course he says the Auburn one is cutest (which it is not). I have a feeling the child will be changing A LOT! The best part is the Alabama onesie is a little larger than the rest and I told him it was perfect since the National Championship Game is later in the season! He was not amused.

Chase: I'm willing to be neutral.  The baby can wear orange & blue at Auburn games, red & white at Bama games, and red & navy for Ole Miss games.  If we're not at a game I imagine it will be whoever is keeping the baby.  If we're both watching the baby on gamedays, we can just flip a coin. 1. After a nice big feeding, little Junior spits up--award-winning spit up of mass quantities. Spit up all over him, all over you and in your hair, all over the carpet, all over the couch. What do you clean first?

A. The Couch: People can be bathed, but this furniture has to last for years.

B. Junior: It's just bad parenting to let him be covered in this messiness for a minute longer than he has to be.

C. Yourself: I can't properly care for a baby if I'm wearing stinky messy spit-up from head to toe.

D. The Carpet: I do it now, or Stanley Steemer does it later.

Janie: D

Chase: C. Myself.  It's probably selfish of me but I'm pretty sure I would have to run outside and hose off.  I have a pretty big fear of spit up/vomit,  I don't think I would handle it well.  I imagine you get used to it though.

2. Ahh...the sound of silence...but you know from experience you have only 5 minutes of free time. How do you spend it?

A. Cleaning

B. Flip through a magazine or watch a little TV

C. Put on a little makeup

D. Play on the computer

Janie: B

Chase: D. I definitely wouldn't be cleaning or putting on makeup and I don't watch that much tv so probably reading something useless on the internet.  I'm weak when it comes to the sidebar ads. I'll sit down to read the news and 30 minutes later I have no idea what's going on in the world but I do know what 30 celebrities looked liked in high school.

3. Your mom just stopped by and has offered to look after Junior for one hour while you have some alone time. What do you do first?

A. Take a nice long shower...it's been a few days

B. Eat lunch. You haven't enjoyed a single meal uninterrupted since the day Junior was born.

C. Take a nap. You can't remember the last time you got more than four consecutive hours of sleep.

D. Socialize! check emails, play on Facebook, return phone calls, get a manicure with a girlfriend, etc.

E. Exercise.

Janie: E

Chase: E. Exercise. It's pretty important to me and I get cranky if I can't exercise.

4. Junior just spit his pacifier onto the floor, and you don't have a spare at the moment. You're now faced with the decision:

A. Five second rule! Pop that sucker back in his mouth.

B. Run it under water for a few seconds. That's good enough.

C. Stop everything and sterilize the pacifier.

Janie: C

Chase: A. I'm a big fan of the 5 second rule and Janie is not. If food touches a clean kitchen counter she throws it away.  She would be horrified at the things I've "returned" to the pot, skillet, bowl, etc.

5. During a diaper change, Junior pees and poops on you. You are feeling:

A. Amused

B. Horrified and disgusted

C. A little grossed out, but otherwise okay. It comes with the territory.


Chase: B. This is probably between B & C.  I think I would be ok with pee but not poop.  Again, I'm sure you get used to it though. Cheers to the happy couple and the new adventures that await them as parents! I cannot wait to be a "triple aunt"!!
