Overheard 4

Last night, Tom was feeling pretty sick. He ended up falling asleep at the same time as Sly did, at 9:00. A few hours later, I accidentally made a loud crash in the other room, and I heard Tom start to stir. In his sick half-asleep delirium, he started calling out, "Mom? Mom?......Mom?"

I actually surprised myself by feeling no jealousy that he called for his mom instead of me. I thought it was very sweet. I hope when Sly is all grown up, he still calls out for his Mommy sometime...

Overheard 3

We went out after dinner tonight to enjoy an all-you-can-eat ice cream sundae bar to celebrate Mardi Gras. Sly was sitting on the table, grabbing everything in sight, chattering, and being adorable - as always ;-).

An older woman walked past and started oohing and ahhing over the baby. She said that she used to have babies of her own: "PaulCatherineMichealLuke......" she rattled off eight or so names in about a second flat - as if it was just one big long name. "I had a lot of them," she said. "I'm not stupid. I'm Catholic."

Overheard 2

The other day, Sly was wearing a bib that says "I Love My Mommy." From the other room, I heard Tom talking to him.

Tom: "You love your mommy? I love your mommy too!"

Overheard

The other night, I was changing Sly in his room and could hear Tom talking to his uncle on the phone...

Tom: "....oh yeah, she's great. She was just born to be a mom."

:-)