Worth their weight in coffee

My dear husband, ever the coffee connoisseur, recently found a new source for freshly roasted coffee. Naturally, he ordered 30 lbs. (Much of it to pass along to extended family for purchase. Economy of scale and such.) In other homes this would seem absurd, but my children have never known a time when the house didn't have large quantities of coffee sitting around. When Coop was in utero we called him our little coffee bean, and my husband used to be manage a coffee shop with absolutely amazing coffee. We miss (aspects of) those days.

When the last shipment came we thought it would be fun to help the kids visualize how much they weighed at birth, using bags of coffee.


His job was easy; with a birth weight of 5 lbs. 4 oz. the coffee equivalent wasn't too much to hold. I used to walk him down to the post office once a week to have him weighed. Oh, the joys of a small community.



Sweet A had a little more trouble; her 7 lbs.8 oz. was a little much for her 2-year old arms. I don't think she ever got past about 5 lbs.


Here is my wonderful midwife weighing A- we were shocked...10 days early and 50% bigger than Coop!

She was a beautiful baby...and of course I say that with no bias.

Baby T was a cutie too, but he was already in bed for our little lesson. He was 3 weeks early and the same weight as Sweet A. Hmmm, makes me a little nervous for whenever baby #4 comes around (although if that baby promises to come 3 weeks early he can weigh whatever he likes).

Fortunately, the kids didn't ask us to demonstrate our weight.