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i am saved by the buoyancy of citrus

Friday, January 13, 2012

This is the same one, I'm sure of it.

Her feet are the weirdest.  I mean, they're weird because they're still scaly and the toes look too long, like freaky accidental monkey feet, but they're mostly weird because they were the one body part I could identify when she was On The Inside.  I'd be poking her and be like, This is maybe a shoulder?  And this is the bum?  Or a Braxton-Hicks contraction.  But THIS.  This is a foot.


That and the hiccups, which she gets ALL THE TIME.  And maybe it's because I had a c-section and didn't push her out myself, and maybe it's because I was SUPER-HIGH during that c-section and don't remember much of it, but it took a while for her to feel like she was mine and not just some baby I'd been given to look after for a minute.  But she'll be nursing and then she'll kick me in the gut with her too-long-toed scaly foot, and then careen off into a round of hiccups like a tiny drunk, and I'm all, Ah yes.  I remember you.

7 Comments:

At 6:15 PM, Blogger blackbird said...

(Knocking on computer screen)

EL?!
HI EL!!!!
IT'S ME, AUNTIE BLACKBIRD!!!!

 
At 7:20 PM, Blogger Reading Rambo said...

Your baby is hilarious and awesome and has awesome scaly feet.

That is all.

 
At 6:01 AM, Blogger rhapsodyinbooks said...

I love the pictures of her you have been posting. She's so adorable, and so SMALL!

 
At 10:40 AM, Blogger Vasilly said...

She is so adorable! Keep the posts coming, Raych!

 
At 1:40 PM, OpenID alitareads said...

It's like she's trying VERY hard to figure out what that thing in the middle of her face is.

It's a nose, baby El. And don't worry, you have a cute one.

 
At 4:01 PM, Blogger Jeane said...

She's so darn cute! And my baby has long toes too.

 
At 8:52 PM, Blogger J.Symes said...

that facial expression, pretty amazing. You and Joel have MADE a little person! and she is a BEAUTY!

 

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