Wednesday, August 11, 2010

baby brains

Reese and Elliott.
Reese and Elliott.
Go together like a horse and chariott!
This I tell you Jes-se.
You can't have a Reese without an Elli!


Dear Elli and R-Jo,

These are currently my top five favorite things about you:

1. Sometimes when I put both of you down in the crib; I'll start hearing a baby grunting and squeeking. This will go on for a couple minutes, until there's silence again.
When I come in to check on the two of you, I'll find that the baby on the right has worked his way to the baby on the left. So that one baby's head is snuggled into the other's shoulder.

2. Most mornings I like to take you on walks. You usually fall into a coma as soon as we get moving.
Every once in a while I'll peek in on you and find that you haven't been asleep at all. Instead, you're quietly watching the world go by. Often times your little mouth is pursed as though you'd like a kiss. So I give you one.

3. Reese, I love your smile, because it spreads over your whole face quite suddenly, like a surprise party.
Elliott, I love your smile, because it has such humor in it, you're going to be a very funny person one day.

4. I make prarie women of you during bath time. You are most beautiful with a wash cloth bonnett on your head and suds on your belly.

and 5. When you sleep, you gain about twenty pounds. I like to lay back on the couch and feel the weight of you on my chest. It's like we're both slowly sinking into the center of the earth.