There were too many hilarious moments to recount over Christmas, and when I say hilarious I don’t just mean it in the haha wow, funny sense, but also in the haha, oh my God my family is crazy and we might as well have spent three days running over each other with trucks sense. You [...]
It’s still dark. I’m looking at your round face sleeping next to me. It’s hard to believe that one day you won’t be a baby. We won’t always huddle together on cool nights, you won’t always squirm against me with your dimpled hands and sleepy smile that comes and goes, as though you’re laughing at [...]
Leaky boobs
A-leaky leaky
Anoint my bed
Acreaky creaky
Something I left out of the beautiful Christmastime Wienermobile story because it was getting too long. We went into my parents’ shop to wait for my mom. My uncle was in the middle of teaching a violin lesson. He paused to say hello, and I told Nicolaus “Tell Uncle Looie what you saw outside.” figuring [...]
“Hold me Mama and see what I do!” I wrap my arms around him. But instead of cuddling he makes horrible “Splatch splich Pchh” noises and wriggles himself out of my arms onto the floor. He giggles, “You spilled me, Mama! I made a huge mess all over the floor.” He writhes around on the [...]