Blowing & Drifting

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.

Carny Barker

Life with Genevieve has been lately dominated by the quotidian struggle to get her in a good sleeping routine and to introduce solid foods. ("Rice cereal, Gigi. Gigi, rice cereal.") Her ultra-sensitive stomach doesn't help on either count.
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But yesterday afternoon was one of those miraculous interludes when you can see a personality emerge from the baby fat. When I came down the hall into the living room after getting home, she took a look at me and let out a short bark of laughter - pure delight. I was touched. Over the next couple hours, she laughed at lots of other amusing things: the cat, Mama, her sister, the cat, peek-a-boo, the cat, the toys on her exer-saucer (see above), shadows on the wall, the bathwater... She's a soft touch, that Gigi!