Grandma Kima Visit

Grandma Kima and Grandpa Jim visited last week from San Antonio. This was their first time meeting Creux. Of course, they fell in love with him instantly. Mom helped out around the house and let me get a couple long naps in during the morning hours. It was nice since I've yet to have an entire night's sleep for 4 weeks and 1 day! I posted this after my election day post, so please read on so you don't miss a posting. Also, Grayson passed her rocket math step B yesterday and has moved onto step C. I know you don't know what that means, but Grandpa Shorty and I worked with her really hard to get her to the next step so we are really excited!

Election night

As a mother of a son born in October 2008, I found it necessary to comment on this momentous occasion -- in his baby book of all places as it stared at me from the coffee table in our basement den. Creux and I, alone as Grayson and Jeremy couldn't keep their eyes open anymore, watched the returns together in our favorite overstuffed green chair. I found myself holding him a little tighter with tears rolling down my face, with the overwhelming desire to drive to Chicago and take part in the celebration; and my favorite Keith Olbermann was the one to announce it to me. I was in heaven. Creux will never know a world where only old white men overrun the pages of our history books. I'm so happy to have shared that experience with him, even though at 4 weeks he just looked at me blankly as I used his clean burp cloth to wipe my tears. He won't remember that night, but hopefully with the entry in his baby book, he will understand his mother more, as well as his country P.O. (pre-Obama). Congrats Mr. President Elect Obama. For our country's sake, and so I can show my face at family gettogethers, please don't prove me wrong.