it's almost my bedtime so I don't have anything useful to offer

It's almost my out-of-bed time, and I am almost completely useless.

msbelle, yay on all is well with mac!

my new favorite thing to do at bedtime is to ask him who loves him and he says "MOM loves (real name) VERRRRRY MUCH" and then uncontrollable smiles.

This could easily become one of my favorite mac stories. How adorable!

my new favorite thing to do at bedtime is to ask him who loves him and he says "MOM loves (real name) VERRRRRY MUCH" and then uncontrollable smiles.

I am all melty. This is the bestest. I'm so happy for you, msbelle.

Awwww. Glad to hear the school stuff is getting resolved and it wasn't anything more.

And, um, Nilly? GO TO BED SWEETIE!!! You poor, poor thing. I'm glad you have the sabbath (I'm blanking the right term) and I hope you do a lot of sleeping!

bedtime ritual once I started making him put himself to sleep (ie I leave after stories, instead of staying with him until he is asleep) was to put the books up, kiss him and tell him goodnight, kiss him and tell him "mommy loves you very much, mommy loves you always, mommy loves you forever and ever"

So the idea now is to make him vocalize it and then slowly move into him saying everyone he loves and turn that a version of bedtime prayers I can deal with.

Gah! The Mac stories are killing me ded! You're both so very lucky to have found each other, out of all the world.

Yay baby spoiler, and yay for the now highly specific MoonBone sprog!

Matilda update: Today she's been giving me wet gummy kisses that are wrecking me. I kiss her and offer my cheek and she gums at it in a not-quite-nursing way, then grins wildly at me. Going back to work is going to be death.

So the idea now is to make him vocalize it and then slowly move into him saying everyone he loves and turn that a version of bedtime prayers I can deal with.

I like that.

JZ, wait until she gives you a hickey! ( I guess not all babies do this, but several of my friends sported blazing marks from their much younger siblings courtesy of "baby kisses"!)

Interactive is fun.

You all may be surprised, as I was, that Mac has an adorable accent.

Also, right now I'm really glad I don't live in the Upper Midwest, god forbid anywhere colder, because it's apparently 21 outside and I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE.

It got colder throught the day here. hate that.

JZ, wait until she gives you a hickey!

Heh. I bet this will happen with poor Emmett. I've had enough experience with friends' babies that I know how to love her to bits and still keep my guard up, but Emmett is just all smitten and always getting right in her face all open and vulnerable-like. He's suffered some hairpulling, face-swatting and one juicy sneeze in the eyes already, poor besotted boy. She'll totally hickey him before he has any idea what's happened.

And then when my train went above ground, it also went express, so we had to wait outside for the next train. NOT GOOD.

I still have my scarf on. Also a blanket. And the cat.