Babysitters are harder to come by now that my mom had the stroke. As of last night, we still didn’t have a sitter for the G-man for Erika & Nate’s wedding. Michaelina overheard Aunt Sue and I discussing it and she asked why Nana wasn’t going to babysit.
“Because Nana’s afraid she’ll lose her balance while she’s holding the baby,” I told her.
“Well,” she said. “She can just sit down and hold him.”
I smiled at her sweetness and cupped her chin. “What about when she carries him up the stairs to bed, honey?”
“Oh,” she replied. “I forgot about that part.”
I went on to tell Lina that the day Nana had her stroke was the day she was supposed to babysit. She had gotten really upset about it because she kept saying what if it happened while she was holding the baby on the steps? It made her feel very scared to babysit again.
Lina mulled this over, sighed and said, “I wish our floors had fur.”
Her heartfelt sincerity and expression puzzled me. “Fur, honey?”
“Yeah, you know, like Uncle Brian and Aunt Marci have. You know? On their steps?”
“You mean carpet?”
“Yeah, carpet. I wish our whole house had carpet so if Nana drops the baby, both of them could just land on the soft fur.”
That really touched my heart. That was just beautiful. When is the wedding?
she’s still wise for her years, huh?
So cute….but if we all had soft fur on our floors, us mommies would never get anything done, we would be lying on the floor, curled up and purring all the time
Please let me know if you need us to watch the kiddoes, Audrey of course would love it, and Addie should get some playtime with her closest relative! xoxo
Or as I read that again, kiddo…..whatev