Today I'm a Godmother!!

OH MY GOSH!

Much cuter in person.

My tita (aunt in Tagalog, but you know, you use it for close family friends too) gave birth to gorgeous baby girl!  Her name is Sophia Margaret Mengoy, and I am her Godmother!  I wouldn't have ever dreamed of being a Godmother (I'm not even Catholic), but now that I suddenly am, I dunno, I feel kind of proud.  I'm glowing and thinking of all the ways I could spoil this little darling. 

So while I was walking to the hospital...

I couldn't help but notice all the cigarette butts on the ground.  An older woman smoking carelessly threw her used cigarette on the ground as me and my sister (who is my co-Godmother, haha) walked by.  You would think people would stop and think about smoking when they're visiting their loved ones in the hospital.  I guess not.

After minutes of wandering around the hospital corridors, we finally got to the room where my Tita Len was.  She looked exhausted (I later learned that it took her almost a whole day to give birth) and her voice was gentle as she sat on a chair in the corner.  It took a few moments to notice the bundle lying on the other side of the room.  I walked over and stared.  She was so small, at just a little over five pounds.  The world just kind of stood still for a moment as she squeaked a yawn.  My tita smiled as me and my sisted cooed over the baby.  She looked like a little lumpia, and she looked as tired as my tita was!  We laughed about Tita Len's "weight loss" as my eyes kept on being diverted to little Sophia.

My tita jokingly warned me not to ever get pregnant or have sex, or else we would end up in so much pain.  I unconciously winced.  I've been afraid of childbirth since I can remember.  TLC's baby shows are to blame for that.  I've sat through way too many shows of mothers screaming in agony and shows of birth complications.  Even now as I write my hands are getting shaky.  It's a scary thought, having to go through something so terrifyingly painful in order to have a kid.  I do want a kid (not now, obviously).

Either way, I hope whatever I eventually spawn is as beautiful as Sophia is. 

We dropped off a bag of fruit and said good-bye to our beloved nanny.  As we drove him in my painstakingly hot car, I couldn't help but hum in my head "Bippity-Boppity-Boo".  I am a Godmother afterall.