Thursday, June 01, 2006

I may be off for the next few days. Yeah, okay, I don't post for over two months, and now I'm giving you notice?
Okay, for real: I'm off to New England for my college class reunion. I won't say which college or which class, but let it suffice to say that it's in Massachusetts and I'm not yet old enough to be the mother of anyone who just graduated. So there.
Yesterday was not an easy day. I went into a photography store with Gigi, in the hopes of finding a replacement battery for my camera and getting passport photos for my little girl. Hmmm, international move in seven weeks, might not be a bad idea to get her a passport, eh?

Well, I failed at both missions. First of all, they didn't carry the kind of battery I need. Second of all, Gigi decided that once we got to the picture-taking corner, she would have the absolute worst teething fit I've seen her experience in months. I kid you not, this child would barely settle down after multiple applications of Orajel and a dose of ibuprofen. For half an hour I sat on the floor of this shop, rocking Gigi and trying to coax her into at least not shrieking in Mommy's ear. It was quite a show. If I'd had any sense, I would have just excused us and left after the first dose of Orajel.

So after 30+ minutes of hoping against hope that we could actually get a decent picture of Gigi, we gave up and went home. Of course, by the time we got to the house, she was calm and reasonably quiet. Argh.

Then, just to be sure that all was forgiven... she and I were playing in the living room later that evening. Among the 40 or so words in Gigi's vocabulary are "baby" and "belly" (yes, if you ask, she will show you her belly in all its rotund glory. I am never letting her anywhere near Mardi Gras.) She was sitting beside me as I lay on the floor, and she pulled up my shirt and said, "Belly!"
"Yep," I said, "there's a baby in mommy's belly."
"Baby," she echoed, and made the sign language motions for 'baby'.
"Right, baby in the belly."
"Belly. Baby!" she grinned, then leaned over and planted a kiss on my tummy.

Yeah, she's cute. I think we'll keep her.