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Craziness...I'm an aunt. Ridiculous...my younger bro is a father. Yipes. It's not like it's a huge surprise, we've all been expecting the news pretty much ever since those two got married just over a year ago, but it's still crazy. My sis-in-law is now 8 weeks along. My niece/nephew...(shall I refer to the child as my nephiece until I'm sure?)...developed most of the major organs this week. The heartbeat has been there for several weeks already. What an amazing miracle new life is, eh? So I asked my parents what they want to be called as grandparents. Mom said she didn't want to be called Nana, cuz that was the dog's name in Peter Pan. *sigh* Silly mother. :D She didn't mind just being plain 'ol "Grandma". Dad is not so ready to be a grandfather yet. He said, "I know I look old enough to be a grandpa, and I limp like one, but I just don't FEEL old enough yet. The kid can just call me Steve, until it's old enough to talk, a