Sunday, December 20, 2015

Final chorus

'All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth.'

Aden finally lost his second front tooth eating a piece of chocolate. I am going to miss these teeth. I remember he had just gotten them in when he chipped them on the edge of the bathtub. It was my first panicked call to the pediatric dentist, but surely not my last.
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Profound Thoughts by Aron

While driving to the store.

"Mommy, sometimes I have flashbacks of when I was born. When I come out of your tummy there is a bright light but then everything is black and white. I see Daddy smiling and you are sleeping. Then when I am in my breather tank I see people over me and I like to follow their eyes."

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

One more grey hair

I had just about convinced myself that Aron had been abducted by aliens from his bed as I frantically searched the house (and yard) for a once sleeping child. On the brink of vomit and panic I hear the sweet sound of soft snores under my bed.