just saw the pictures - very nice pictures, indeed. some day I will some one who figures out how to incorporate glasses and a mask ..

And, sure enough, she nestled up to me and nursed just like her wee long-ago 3-month-old self, curling up into a drowsy little ball on my belly and nodding off in midfeed.

I love those moments. Ellie was sick with a sinus infection this weekend and again, she just wanted to nurse. It always makes me feel so good to see her finally resting and know that I was able to help her get there. Still, there is nothing as precious as the drowsy little ball.

It nearly broke me.

Awww! Now I'm dead too.

YAY JILLI PICTURES! NEED MORE!

So? Lesson of the day? From my GYN..."A yogurt a day keeps smelly goolie away!" Possibly TMI, but still. My GYN was just cracking me up today, which was good since I forgot my Ativan.

It always makes me feel so good to see her finally resting and know that I was able to help her get there. Still, there is nothing as precious as the drowsy little ball.

I feel guilty for feeling so tender and gooey when the baby is obviously feeling so sick, but still... so much of the second six months and beyond is about them asserting their independence; it's selfishly nourishing every now and then to have those moments when they're entirely needful and trusting and unresistingly comforted by your presence. Plus, then when the babe bounces back into manic energy and healthy irritating I'll-do-it-all-myself!ness again, that becomes precious and nourishing too.

Aww. Cuddle balls are good.

Jilli, was Alexia wearing *green*? I thought she didn't do green?

(Nice outfit, by the by!)

Stuck at Jury Duty. Still suffering from the Team Crud from work. Vending machine won't accept my quarters, and I have no dollar bills. Not that there's anything other than repulsive sweetness in there, but I'm starving.

Today fails.

Want bed.

And possibly actual food. I can't believe I'm getting all emo over my thwarted plans for a Three Musketeer.

Can relate to Tep and her feeling that no matter what she does she looks like a Hummel. I have taken one sexy photo in thirty-three years.

Jilli, was Alexia wearing *green*? I thought she didn't do green?

She does green if it's a silk velvet J.Peterman overdress, apparently.

And possibly actual food. I can't believe I'm getting all emo over my thwarted plans for a Three Musketeer.

Awww, I'm sorry. And I think thwarted plans for sugary crap are totally worth getting all emo over.

I can't wait to see all the foamy pictures but I have to wait until I'm at home.

I ran across stupidity that's so ....amusing... that I had to share it with everyone. It's in a letter to the editor, I'm trying to write up a reply.

I was surprised and somewhat dismayed to notice that you have chosen to rename the {local paper's} "Religion" page and now call it "Faith." Perhaps your editors are unaware that the word "faith" applies most appropriately to Christianity, and hardly to other religions such as Judaism, Islam or Buddhism. Christianity centers on faith in the miracle of the resurrection of Jesus. Without such faith there is no Christianity. Thus, faith, is an exclusive, not an inclusive, term referring to the dominant religion in our society.

Other religions, to my knowledge, do not have the requirement that one believe, or have faith in, miracles. Judaism, for example, requires that one follow the commands of God, and takes the existence of God as a given. Faith is not an issue. Jews know that God exists because the world exists and God is its creator. "What does the Lord require of thee . . ." is the central question for Jews, not, "Do you believe, do you have faith?"

Certainly the {local paper} wishes to continue to be inclusive of all religions. I know you had good intentions, but under the circumstances, I think that it would best if you were to return to the word "Religion" on Saturdays.

My reply is going to be something slightly more polite that: Perhaps, Mr Letter Writer, doesn't know how to use a dictionary and therefore does not know that the word faith has several meanings. The dictionary defines faith as (definiton here). Certainly, Mr. Letter Writer should have consulted a dictionary before writing such a silly letter.

I have faith that he's an idiot.

The...hell?