Babies, Babies, Everywhere

On Sunday one of my sorority sisters had a baby shower. It was actually a lot more fun than I expected it to be. It was the first baby shower that I ever attended so I wasn't too sure what to expect so I kinda just went with an open mind. Plus I was really looking forward to meeting the newborn twins. They had been born like a 1-1.5 months early so seeing them at home and doing well was really a blessing. Both the babies and the parents seemed pretty content actually :). But of course the universe decided that 2 babies was not nearly enough. Another sorority sister brought over her newborn baby. (All of the babies were in the bedroom being taken care of by the twins' grandmother, all the women-folk were together in the living room, and the men seemed to be hiding out on the front stoop lol. Is this the normal set-up?) There were also 2 pregnant chicks and by the end of the shower that number went up to 3! How you ask? By way of a special announcement delivered via a special edition of baby shower hangman! And that wasn't the end of the baby shower suprises. What special occasion is complete without a the "ceremonial" passing down of an authentic African fertility doll, the very one that was given to the parents of the twins. Shower games included baby bingo, a toilet paper diaper designing contest, and a poetry contest (that I should've won). I gotta tell you all of these babies and baby talk was a lot to take in. However it was kinda nice to see the beauty of life occurring so rapidly all around me. I actually took tons of knowledge with me when I left, the most important of which: GET ON BIRTH CONTROL ASAP!!!!!