His & Hers

I had my baby in November. A beautiful baby girl. She has big bright blue-gray eyes, a head full of golden hair, the cutest smile you've ever seen. I love my boys, but being a woman she is the one that completes me. She offers things in her future that they could not. Nail polish, shopping trips, slumber parties, tights. Oh, how I can't wait to put her in a pair of Mary Janes.

I love all of my children equally, for their very different personalities and quirks. With only a glimpse of Lucy's, I already love that one day she may want to go to the prom, have a big fancy wedding, have babies of her own. That is why I wanted her. To experience life as a mom to a little girl. To be able to say that I enjoyed spiders in pockets, lightsaber duels, and tea parties. I wanted the best of both worlds and, so far, I've got it.

Todd got his baby last night. A ginormous plasma TV. To say that he has waited a long time to see its darling frame prominently displayed in our living space would be an understatement. To deny his persistence in attaining this treasure would be unfair to the hours he spent researching them, wooing me with all of the pleasures they promise, stalking them in the stores.

As much as I so painstakingly wanted a chance to have a little girl, Todd wanted this TV. I fought and argued it as valiantly as he did when the visions of a little pink bundle entered my head many months ago. So expensive. Totally unnecessary. Can't we just be happy with what we've already got?

When it arrived yesterday (after another very interesting debacle with transportation...thank you very much for use of your van again, Mike & Lisa) I, much like Todd in the moments preceding Lucy's arrival, felt much more at ease about our decision. When it was placed so perfectly in the space we created for it, it seemed like it was meant to be there. When we watched a bit of the Tom Petty Blu-ray we were given with the purchase I was in awe.

Now, I refuse to compare it to Lucy, since she is far more precious than this thing will ever be in our eyes. I do however, understand kind of how Todd felt when this thing you really didn't want shows up and takes your breath away.