I guess word of my pregnancy got around and some of the other nations planned some surprise baby shower. Or that's what I got out of it anyways. I'm going to guess France started it. Then Hungary got involved and Italy followed and suddenly there are way too many nations interested in my expanding tummy of life.
I was just starting my 8th month when they threw me the baby shower, it was nice and all, but come on, did they have to make it a surprise? I swear if they almost scared me into premature labor. I don't think I've ever done well with surprise parties and stuff. I would think the last surprise party would have warned them that this wasn't the best idea, I had a panic attack and it wasn't really that fun for anyone. I love parties and all, but please tell me ahead of time if you're throwing me one. At least I didn't panic that much for this one.
Anyways, once everything settled down a bit and I calmed down and sat down, it was okay. Italy borrowed the kitchen to make some pasta, which was great because pasta's cool. Hungary wouldn't stop asking me questions about my pregnancy and I guess it was okay.
It went something like this:
"Do you know what they are?" she asked. To be honest we didn't really tell anyone what the genders were or anything, guess it slipped our minds.
I nodded "Yeah, a boy and a girl." I responded.
She nodded in return "It's a good thing I bought some things for each then." She said, smiling a bit and sort of nodding her head in the direction of the little pile of gifts. And then the questions were back. "Do they keep you up with the kicking? Oh! Can I feel?" she asked me, I swear her eyes were just like yes please, please, please, please.
I laughed a bit "Yeah, they keep me up. Hurts a lot when one of them shoves their foot behind my ribs." Well it does. I nodded at the second question, I didn't have an issue with anyone trying to feel one of them kick or anything.
She felt around my stomach until one of them decided to give a nice kick. I was surprised they still had any room left in there, I mean really. Hungary started talking to them, so I kind of just started to look around. Everyone seemed happy enough.
When the presents came around I was excited, I mean yeah it was just baby stuff, but still, presents. Hungary bought the most stuff, I guess babies made her excited since it's been a while since she's gotten to take care of one or hold one or anything and she's surprisingly motherly really. Most of what she got were clothes and blankets. Both were great, I mean can't go wrong really with blankets and hey, the kids have a small wardrobe now since Russia and I bought them a bunch of clothes too. And some were for when they'd get a bit older and outgrow the clothes they'd have for the first few months. She also got us a playpen thing, saying that once they get old enough to crawl it would be needed. And I have since agreed with that statement.
Italy got a few things, though I think what stood out most were the baby slings, it was surprisingly thoughtful considering he could be kinda airheaded. I mean, they free up your hands and stuff. He also got a few outfits for the twins. I swear by the end of the day they had more clothes than I did.
France got some toys for them, surprisingly ones that we hadn't bought them yet. I thought the little stuffed animals that he got were cute. Shh, I can think things are cute. England couldn't show up, so France ended up bringing the thing he got, which was a book of fairytales. It was nice, there were like 10 in the book in all. I hadn't even thought about stories.
Canada bought some stuffed animals, even one that looked like his bear. Really at this point the kids room would be the most decorated in the house, but that wasn't an issue really. I think Canada also said something about how there should be a nursery at my place for if we went back to America. I knew I'd have to go back at some point. Any more than a year for a nation away from their homeland would make them really antsy and kinda start making us a bit sick. I agreed with him on that and asked if he could maybe please set up the room next to mine at my Virginia home. He agreed after a moment and so that was a big yay.
Ukraine had made some clothes for them, which was really nice. She made some little hats and socks and bibs and all that. The little things were the most needed if you ask me, since we seemed to have been getting a bunch of the outfits and not enough of what went with them. And she got some coats and stuff too. Made sense since the due date was in winter.
After that some of the others went and I forgot who all was there, but by the end we had a bunch more blankets and stuffed animals and toys and all that. There were few learning program things so that they'd have some more educational activities and stuff. Some parenting books that I was pretty sure Russia would read, but I probably wouldn't. That turned out to be true, really.
The rest of the baby shower turned out pretty okay. Once everyone went back home, Russia and I went and put the things in the nursery, except the playpen and the little swing things that one of the people gave us, those were just put up for the time being.
The rest of the month ended up being pretty uneventful.
