Baby Fever ... Once Again

So, in case you've been living under a rock, I have baby fever. Working where I do, it just gets worse, and worse, and worse. So many cute babies ... so many pregnant women ... it's HARD.

And, my suspicions were proved right the other day when I found out one of the assistant managers at my work is indeed pregnant. I was unsure before, and obviously was afraid to ask, since it would probably be an insult if someone said "Are you pregnant?" when you are not. But, I found out that she is, and that she is due around the end of January.

As if that wasn't bad enough (I like the girl, but I'm crazy jealous), I found out yesterday that another assistant manager on baby side is pregnant! She found out only the day before, and she'd be about 5 weeks along.

BABY FEVER STRIKES AGAIN.

The first assistant manager will be (hopefully) going on maternity leave in December ... and if the second one is right about how far along she is, she'll be going on leave around May. And lucky me, I get to watch them get bigger, and bigger, and bigger ... and then it will be inevitable that they both, at some point, will bring their new babies in to work to show them off. I hope I can keep my jealously well-hidden for quite a while now.

They call it "the curse of the baby department" -- everyone getting knocked up. Three of us younger girls already have little ones (Aden being the oldest), two of us are pregnant, and the rest are all teenagers and older ladies (and let's hope none of them get pregnant) -- aside from Twilla, a friend of mine at work. She is 21 and in a commited relationship with a guy I went on a date with once (but that is a whole different story). She has wicked baby fever. I would hope that she wouldn't TRY to get pregnant, because at this point in their relationship it probably wouldn't be a good choice, but if she did ... wow. I would be super happy for her, and jealous at the same time of course ... and I would probably laugh because of the whole "curse" thing.

Bah ... really, I'm happy for all these preggos, but man ... it doesn't make my baby fever any easier!