The Grandma-Train

So, I'm not entirely sure if I've mentioned too much about my background so far.  You all know I'm single and currently in grad school, but that's about it, right?  (Unless you know me personally of course...)  Well, there's a little bit more to me than that...and I want to share a piece of that with you.  Mainly because it's funny, and partly because it ties back to the theme of my blog: being single.

I absolutely LOVE my family (and I'm fairly certain that I've already mentioned this once before).  I'm the oldest of four kids and the age gap between me and my youngest sister is just five years and three months.  Yeah, my parents had four kids within a 63 month period.  Sounds crazy, right?  And they're still going strong after close to 27 years of marriage and as much crap as four kids could throw at them.

My mom must have really enjoyed it because, well, she's going a bit baby-crazy.  She is ready to be a grandma.  We recently had lunch with a family that had a little baby girl and watching my mom interact with her made this crystal clear.  That and the fact that she has pinned about 16 "diaper cakes" onto Pinterest.  She is on the grandma-train!  Which, honestly, is great!  I can't wait to have my mom be the grandmother of my kids and spoil them with cookies and whatever else grandmas do.  The problem?  I'm definitely not even close to having kids.  And neither are any of my siblings.

One of my sisters is closer than the rest of us simply because she's married.  But she and her husband aren't planning on starting a family until after he finishes school...which will be in about three years.  My mom has made it clear that she would welcome an "oopsie" baby with open arms.

I guess I'm glad because I don't have any of that baby-pressure on me.  The only pressure I'm feeling is from my biological clock ticking down the seconds and minutes to the moment my uterus decides to shrivel up like an old, nasty raisin.  But I think I probably have a few years before that happens ;-)

But someday, when I'm no longer single and no longer inundated with school and projects and studying, I want to be a mom.  Someday.  There are lots of things that will be happening before then though, so I guess we'll just see what God throws my way.  Either way, should be a fun adventure.

Makes me wonder which of my siblings will make my mom a grandma first...  Maybe I should take bets.  ;-)