i took neela for a long walk in the cold last night, hoping that a little jiggle in the walk would shake that baby right out. but no luck. no news today. no baby neither.
tonight we decided to shop for a few baby books. after all, if we're going to read to baby every night, we'll need to start somewhere right? well, actually, i started quite some time ago, buying books for baby. i wanted to make sure we had a lot of gay and lesbian-friendly stories for our little one to hear and read, so that they would know they are not the only one who has two mommies instead of a mommy and a daddy. so for months i have been searching and buying online books like "heather has two mommies," and "mom and mum are getting married," and "king and king," "asha's mums," "one dad, two dads, brown dads, blue dads," "best best colors," and "who's in a family." and they are all great. but today we decided we needed to get some of those lovely squishy cloth books that baby can chew on and squish up and throw up on. i think we got some good ones.
neela picked out one of her faves in padded plastic, "one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish." she also picked out her all-time fave - "i love you this much" - which is not baby-proof, but so what.
we already have my all-time favourite book from when i was a little girl, 'cause my momma bought it for me at a library sale a few years ago. "do baby bears sit in chairs?" is awesome! apparently when i was three years old i memorized it and knew when to turn the pages so mom told auntie bert that i could read and i recited the whole thing, turning pages on cue, impressing her all to hell, until the very last page when i missed one.