Friday, March 15, 2013

MIA & the million dollar family

Well, my laptop broke last week so I've been MIA.  Sad story, I tripped and fell down the stairs while holding my laptop.  Luckily I was fine, but my laptop took a beating.  I've been using the hubby's MacBook Air. I convinced him that his laptop would need to be mine until I got a new one since checking Facebook was part of my social daily need to keep me happy - great guy I married, he bought it.

On to this million dollar family stuff.  Last week a friend of mine shared a link on Facebook and the author referred to families with one boy and one girl as the million dollar family.  I had never heard of this saying before I read the blog post.  It's interesting though that so many people consider the family of four with one boy and one girl the perfect family.  I remember being pregnant with Marlo and when I told people I was having a girl and already had a boy, they would say something like, "You're so lucky! Now you're done having kids! One of each is perfect!"

I love my son, but that kid is a handful.  He makes Marlo look like the easiest, best baby in the world, which she is (most of the time).  Sometimes I wonder if my life would be easier if I had two girls.  My neighbor is pregnant with her third boy - man, the thought of that terrifies me.  She told me that she was listening to some talk show and the host said having three boys is like having six children.  I totally believe it.

But personality does make a difference.  Liam and Marlo have different fathers.  Joe is the most easy going person I know - this is where Marlo gets her disposition.  I wouldn't describe Liam's birth father as easy going at all.

Anywho, wanted to share my thoughts.  Am I out of the loop or have others heard of this million dollar family thing?  And is the family of four with one boy and one girl really the perfect family?

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