Friday Favorites: The British Royals

Due to traveling and company, I've missed a couple of Friday Favorites posts. But, today, I am going to come clean about one of my guilty pleasures: keeping up with the British Royal Family. I do not claim to know everything about the history of the royals, or even keep up with every outfit Kate wears or every place they are visiting when they visit. But, since we visited London in December 2010, I have been taken with them. Vic and I started watching The Tudors when we got back from London and I thought it was very fun. Then, we had a baby, and all planned TV watching became second priority. However, of course, as with everyone, Kate and Will are currently my favorites. I think Kate and William are just a classy, modern day couple that just happen to have fancy titles, wear crowns on occasion, and live in extraordinary homes. I mean I feel like, if given the chance, Vic and I could totally be friends with them. And our babies could play together. And we could attend BBQ's at one another's houses. And we could send each other Christmas cards. And we could even vacation together one day. Granted, our vacation site budget would be Port Aransas and theirs is probably Greece. But, I still have that random thought, when reading about some noble, or even just normal thing they are doing, via People.com, that one day we just might run into one another. You never know!!

I digress. But, truly, today I am excited because earlier this week, on July 22, William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to a BOY! I love that they chose to wait until the baby's arrival to learn the gender. I love that they did not tell anyone the name right away. I love that they kept the details to themselves, for now. I remember that the day after I was put on "house rest" and the day before I gave birth to Atticus in 2011, Kate and Will were married in Westminster Abbey in London. Westminster was my favorite place to visit during our London trip. And yes, I did record it on TV so that I could get up and leisurely watch the 6 or so hour coverage of the Royal Wedding on that Friday while Atticus stayed cozy inside my tummy, preparing to make his arrival the next day.

Also, I am just excited for Kate and Will (again - I am practically assuming they are my regular ole friends). What a special day Monday was as they welcomed that little boy into the world and held him for the first time. Although he is 3rd in line to the throne and has a future already setup for him in many ways, for now he is just a wee little baby who will be loved and tenderly cared for by his parents as all newborns should be cared for. I feel like Kate has joined this special club for moms and that she and I now share that overwhelming feeling of finally holding your own newborn baby, that you have cautiously carried for 9 months, in your arms. Mmmmm. It makes me happy. I should confess that I really wanted them to have a little girl first. This is mainly because I think Grace Caroline, after my own little Grace, sounds like a perfect princess name and I would have let them use it. But, boys are wonderful as well! George Alexander Louis is his name. Although I always stay a little confused about what the royals last names really are?

So, now, I can go back to my normal life and leave my fairy tale thoughts about the royal couple and royal baby. But, the Royal Family is one of my favorites to follow. I mean, what little girl grown woman doesn't love a good prince and princess story? And I will love looking for pictures of him and his parents and his future siblings and watching him grow up for years to come through our social media outlets. And, though, unless I truly run into them one day, they will never know this, but I wish them a world of happiness!