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I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 52 years. I subscribe to Dr. PM Forni's concept of Civility. I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, and San Diego. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy, and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader and photographer.

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Babies


My husband and I babysat for our seven month old grand daughter. She's been playing strange and when our daughter started to leave, the baby stuck out her lower lip (not a good sign), and began an angry wailing that lasted for well over 90 minutes.
I tried feeding her. She took a couple of spoons of cereal while I belted out 23 renditions of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider". Then she tried to throw herself out of my husband's arms. So we sang, we walked, we tried a bottle of breast milk our daughter had left, we upset the cat, we danced -- to no avail. Finally, Richard took her into the living room and lay down beside her on the floor. She finally fell asleep alternately sucking on her thumb and her foot. I crept in and tried to cover the two of them. Between his teeth, my husband whispered, "If you wake her, so help me God, I'll kill you." I crept out.
Our daughter returned visibly renewed from her outing. As she walked in, the baby opened her eyes, smiled and began kicking her legs. Momma was home. And I needed a nap.

8 comments:

Neponset River Bridge Dig said...

What a cutie!!!

KathyA said...

Thank you! And what do you think of my grand daughter?? :)

KathyA said...

Seriously, thank you. She is very sweet.

Cheryl said...

And you still had humor after a day like that! What a good and patient grandma you are. I can't imagine. Were you counting the minutes?

KathyA said...

Nona Kathy sometimes drinks.

Cheryl said...

I got a laugh out of that! I came home and had a drink one night this week.

Gin said...

Your grand daughter is adorable!! I had to laugh at your comment "Nona Kathy sometimes drinks." Bwahahahaha

I love your blog, and I hope you don't mind if I add it to my list of faves on my blog?

KathyA said...

I would be honored! Thank you :) I have you on my list of blogs I'm following, too. And thanks for the comment about our little monkey. I make a fool out of myself in front of her constantly. A lot like what I did to keep my seniors interested when I was teaching!