The end of an era

Barring the highly improbable or adoption, Lily and Nate will be our only kids.   This was guaranteed with a short surgery on Monday.   There is still some window of improbability where there is some level of fertility, but it drops off a cliff over the next month.   If Cindy got pregnant after that, then she'd have some explaining to do.

In a way it's sad.   If I was a younger man it would be hard to stop at just two.   The fact that this phase of life (raising babies), is over produces instant nostalgia.

On the other hand, I feel certain that this is right.  I don't want to be grandpa/daddy, changing diapers while collecting Social Security.      We have the bookends - a boy and a girl.  Both are perfect, in their own way.    We also don't have another bedroom handy, or a house big enough for a gaggle of kids.

The good thing is that we can now go through the basement and bid farewell to jumpers, and clothes (boys & girls & pregnant women) and various implements to strap down babies.    Well, we can do that once the doctor gives us the all clear.