I have a new pair of footsies in the making!
My brother and sister-in-law are expecting their first child. And it’s a boy.
Well, snips and snails and puppy dog tails – Yee-haw! Aunt Jules just got the blessing to shop in the boy clothes section!
I have two daughters. My sisters gave me two nieces. The only thing I know is pink dryer lint. I’ve never been to “the other side” of the baby clothes section. I have caught glimpses of camo and monster truck prints from my land of pink tutus and hair bows. I could look but never touch.
But a nephew. I can fully submerge myself in everything boy. I’m going all out for this kid:
- I’ll have a football ready for him the moment he is born. He will be in Texas and I will be in Kansas City but the football will be here, waiting for him. I’ll work on my spiral until then.
- I’ll give his tired parents a break when they visit for the first time. I will rock him to sleep by singing into his little ear. Singing the sweet words of the K-State fight song unbeknownst to his UT grad father and FSU grad mother.
- I’ll take him to Monster Truck races. We will have the best seats. I will work on my man roar.
- I’ll flood my backyard with the hose to make mud puddles to stomp in.
- I’ll take him to Disney World. We will walk past those Disney Princesses and scream down Splash Mountain, front row.
- After I finish putting my girls’ hair up in ponytails, I will make him a mohawk out of Uncle Scott’s hair gel.
- I’ll let him take Uncle Scott’s 4 wheeler out for a spin. Emma and Kate will teach him how to drive it.
- I’ll give him girlfriend advice when he is a teenager. As an aunt, I am automatically cooler than his parents to talk to about girls. I will also be an expert at the teenage girl drama by that point.
- I will pop Top Gun in the DVD player so he knows the classics. And then I’ll tell his uncle to leave the room because no one wants to hear someone repeating the whole damn script out loud.
- We will go fishing together, as long as he hooks the worm because ew, Aunt Jules doesn’t do that.
I will be his one and only aunt. I will go all out for him. Not that I don’t go all out for my nieces.
It will be a nice change to be able to shop for a boy. Scott and his brother will be able to enjoy both sexes of children when they are together. Maybe Scott will let Mark take a turn at fishing for hair from the clogged drain that even Draino couldn’t fix.
Little baby nephew, I cannot wait to see your sweet face. I will smoother you in kisses when I finally get to hold you – it’s my official duty as an aunt.

I’m already smothering your little sonogram face!
I know. I’m getting weirder every time I become an aunt again. I can’t stop.
Keep working on growing those footsies. Kick your mom a bunch. Then when you bust out into the world, make sure you give my shirt a good kick too. Like a soccer playa.
































