eeek!

it's been about three weeks since i found out my forty-something aunt is pregnant (the announcement came not even a month after her wedding...which had been an on-again, off-again affair for three years). and i still can't believe it. on the one hand, i'm very excited...and on the other i'm worried. my aunt has always wanted a little baby girl, and i'm glad she's pregnant, but she's like forty-two and has had tons of problems with cysts on her ovaries and stuff, too. well, anyway...aunt laura's about three months pregnant and she's already gone to the doctor to have tests done. the baby's a girl and seems perfectly healthy, if not a bit small, so that's a relief. still, my aunt's going to have a hard time of things. miss morgan-and-stanley will probably become a stay-at-home mom, helping my grandmother run things at the local republican headquarters, all the while trying to deal with menoupause. i don't think my aunt realizes that she will be sixty years old when her daughter graduates high school. can you imagine that? but i'm very happy for her. my aunt's had a lot of problems over the years and she's always wanted her little girl. now she has the dream house and husband, a nice step-son, and a daughter on the way. i just hope nothing goes wrong.
now...about the excitement...i am finally getting a first cousin!!! it's so great. well, actually i already have first cousins but i don't think they count because my aunt candy's not really my aunt. i mean, my grandfather adopted her after her parents died, but she's really his niece. or something like that. so what would that make her to me? besides, i've never met her. and i haven't heard from my dad's side of the family in years.
oooh! i can't wait until my new cousin is born! i want to buy all these cute little outfits for her and send her lots of little baby presents. in fact, i was thinking of going to college in pennsylvania so that i could visit her once in a while. i want to spoil her rotten. i guess, though, that i'm acting more like an aunt, which is sorta appropriate. after all, i'm so much older than her. it makes me think of my cousins scott and greg. my earliest memories of them was when they were in their early twenties. scott had just gotten married and my cousin megan had just been born. they seemed more like my uncles than my cousins.
well, after my little cousin is born, i shall have to visit my aunt and my grandparents (my mom's side, by the way) more often.
well, i meant to expound on my inner excitement but ended up talking about my family...it's all good. guess i'll go now...