Dom is an uncle to be !

Glance at the marvellous little black "bean" surrounded by white noise (Guess it was a wise decision not to study medicine..;):


It's my niece / nephew !!!

It was on Christmas Eve that my younger sister (Simone; oh yes, she is waaay faster than I am.. ;) and her husband (Kurt) told me that they are soon gonna be parents! Logical implication of which being: Dom is an uncle to be!

These were definitely THE news that made my day and I am really happy for Kurt and Simone. How wonderful must it be to see ones baby take the first steps, to laugh at/with him/her when he/she spreads the jam all over his/her face and to quarrel with one another about what word he/she has first uttered (guess my child would say: "Dad, stop making a fool out of yourself" ;), ... ?

Other thoughts that sprung into my mind when I heard the news:

• How does it feel to be pregnant; To have someone kicking you from the inside?
• Yahoooo! This provides me with something like a "father light" experience: Fool around with the kid while always having the option to "return it" when it emits ear-splitting sounds or not so "buenos aires".. ;) Just kidding: I promise to provide the full "caring Uncle" program and not to blame the kid in case I set something on fire or shatter a window..
• Wow, my father is soon going to sleep next to a grandmother (and vice versa)
• Uiuiui, she's 24. I'm 25... Will I ever be mature enought to become and be a responsible father?
• The members of the infamous "Pepsi-gang" (Picture below) need to adapt their business cards! Silly-Lilly becomes Mummy Simone, Olle-Bolle becomes Uncle Dom, Fancy-Fränzi becomes Auntie Andrea and Blacky-Jacky (picture to the right) becomes Uncle Krishna!
• And to share one of my worst nightmares with you: How would I react If I assisted at the birth of "my" child and noticed that I could not possibly be the father of it.. (Dark-skinned or without bowlegs... ;) ?

Ah well, Simone and Kurt, I miss you, hope that you're enjoying the magical moments of being pregnant (or having a pregnant partner) to the full and wish you only the cream of the crop!
Can't wait to see the 3 of you in August (and start spoiling the offspring.. hehe ;)