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<\/p>\nLast week at the zoo, Deb brought a book of baby names for Eric and me to borrow. Kelly was madly impatient all day about when she could give it to us. She’s very into this whole baby thing (though at 5, she doesn’t really get the “in the belly” part). We have been perusing it since then and having random conversations about names for the twins, although Eric is still very much in the “pointing out names that have no chance of being used” stage of the game. <\/p>\n
Yesterday, I watched the nieces while Deb had a meeting. We turned on a VeggieTales show at one point, and Kelly joined me on one couch. <\/p>\n
Kelly: (looking at my belly) Have you got names for them yet? She’s very helpful. Holly, on the other hand, is still pretty oblivious. As I gave them hugs good-bye, they sort of touched my belly. So I pulled up my shirt so they could feel and touch it. They did. Holly looked up at me after a minute: “You got a big belly.” Thanks, Holly…I hadn’t noticed. So I spent the morning watching some television, doing a craft project (they created a book for Uncle Eric…their idea), and playing outside. They do love to swing! After lunch, I came home and ran some errands. Then I crashed for a good bit of the afternoon and evening. Eric and I were both pretty beat, so we went to bed very early. How lovely!<\/p>\n Today, I’m going to work on the clutter in my house. It’s starting to drive me nuts. And maybe I’ll take the recyclables away, too. I go through gallons of milk so fast that the empty containers fill up my recycling bins a lot faster than used to happen. Oh well. I guess that’s a good thing. Anyway, Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week at the zoo, Deb brought a book of baby names for Eric and me to borrow. Kelly was madly impatient all day about when she could give it to us. She’s very into this whole baby thing (though … Continue reading
Me: No, we’re still talking about it.
Kelly: (shocked) Haven’t you read the book<\/span>?
Me: (chuckling) Well, we are reading through it. It takes a long time to pick names.
Kelly: Well, you should pick a boy name and a girl name. <\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/winky.gif\")
Actually, she was extraordinarily concerned about me all day yesterday. She pulled my chair out at the table so my belly wouldn’t get bumped. She kept wanting to bring my water bottle to me if I left it in the other room (even if I had a glass of water with me!). And she kept wanting to give the babies kisses through my belly. She’s a cute one!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n