and our stroller is a rollercoaster
And our stroller is a rollercoaster. And we hold on as the world comes towards us and there is a breeze and dogs and the street goes fast below. And we kick our legs and look back at our sister and wheeeeeee! Big girls in their stroller rollercoaster coaster coasting.
The prize for highest fever this week goes to Anya ya ya ya, whose temp went up to 104.7! The double ear infection prize also goes to Anya gal as her sister only got one. This is Anya sporting her fever and new blue dress:
Only one ear infection for Rachi, she has not only decided this little guitar is the best thing in the world, she has also learned to sit up from a lying down position all on her own.
I was thinking this the other night as I drifted off to sleep. When your babies (or baby) are born, you have to love them because who else could love them as much as you do after going through so much crap to get them here. But at this stage, around 8 months or so, is when you want to love them. That might sound weird or bad to some people. But really, it is a revelation. At this age, it seems like some things are magically paying off. All of those months of constant constant care-taking and now you can actually do something other than take care of a baby while a baby is in the room. They only entertain themselves for little spurts right now, but those 15 or 20 minutes of feeding cheerios to the dog are golden. And then there are the personalities. So exciting to watch them take shape.
I officially not only love my daughters now, but I want to love them and that is worth more than you know.
Comments
you sound great. you sound just like the Tina I know and heart. Glad your daughters are competing in healthy things like fevers and ear infections, and not the most explosive poop or the best art drawn with boogies. Yet.
Wishing you guys well.
Eileen
Posted by: Anonymous | April 7, 2006 2:57 PM
Hi Sis, the girls look so cute even when they are sick. Hopefully they will be healthy and stay that way. I really miss you and having lunch everyday. I love it here in Cali. but its just not the same without you. I hope you are able to have some fun this weekend.
Posted by: Mike Henry | April 7, 2006 7:11 PM
rockin stroll - the lemonheads
She takes me on a rocking stroll
If you won't wave guess I won't know
As by I roll I hope you'll throw a smile at me
Cause this here pram is all I've known
Won't be walking till I've grown
All I've been shown is everything I want to see
People's knees
Trunks of trees
Smile at me
Looking upward to the sky
Moving forward all the time
The sidewalk lines gdunk gdunk gdunk gdai
If it's warm in here is it cold down there
Around out where I can only stare
I'm still aware of little but I'm gonna try
this 'wanting', i totally get it. although sometimes i get to the stage where i think 'i want to love you, but you're being such a shitty little kid right now' and then i catch myself, because thats exactly what they are, kids, and they're being what they are and what they want to be and it makes me love them even more.
i wish i coule put my feelings about my boys into the words that you write for your girls. they are very lucky litle seamonsters, to have this to look back on when they're being shitty teenagers who think you're the meanest mum in the whole world
well done
xxxxx
Posted by: carly | April 7, 2006 8:18 PM
god, such cuties!!!
yes, "want to Love"... i felt really ripped off when ferris was put in my arms for the first time and i did not feel this "holy, madonna and child, unbreakable bond love thing" that everyone claims to feel. i loved him, no doubt, but more of a bewildered who-the-heck-are-you full of trust love.
but that insane "want" love has doubled and tripled every day since that first one.
Posted by: suzy | April 8, 2006 9:58 AM
Wow, the girls are growing so fast, and getting more beautiful. They are the cutest things, I can't wait to see what having a little girl is like. 14.5 wks to go, yippy!!
Love to all
Posted by: Pagan | April 8, 2006 10:11 PM