Mama-Come-Lately

The baby has now been on the planet for about as long as I carried him in my body. He is a wiggly, bouncy, crawly delight with five teeth and a giggle that gets me where I live. His coos are balm for my soul, and I cannot imagine anything sweeter than snuggling his neck first thing in the morning.

Hm. The clichés don’t do it justice. But if I think about how amazing it was to be in Paris with my husband, going up in the monuments at night and strolling the streets while eating pastries in the morning, and concentrate that and multiply it by a googleplex, that’s pretty close to how this baby makes me feel.