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Friends and family have been calling, emailing and texting since the birth of the baby. Appointments have to be made, times worked out as to who can visit when and calls to be made acknowledging the many beautiful floral arrangements that arrive daily. Not to mention as room mother for Finley’s class, Chiara has to organize events and liaison information to the other mothers AND she needs her cell phone to do so. This is not her house, there is no land line.
Well you know what happened last night; Finley wanting to do Facetime with Tia and having to pee too equals one iPhone in the toilet! NOTE to parents: The rice trick doesn’t work! So I would guess, it wasn’t 5 minutes after she woke up this morning that the order was issued: “I must have a phone”. Tom hopped online to see who sells the iPhone and is relatively nearby. This took some time and then he left to go buy the phone reminding us all that really he is supposed to be working from home!
Before all that transpired I drove the girls to their respective schools and even stopped at Starbucks. Oh yes, I am already a seasoned Tahoe driver. By the way, do any of you know just how big the Tahoe is? It is 16 feet long and 6 1/2 feet wide! My Rav4 is 15 feet long and just under 6 feet wide. If you don’t think another foot makes a difference when you are trying to back up 5000+ pounds, you should try getting out of the driveway without hitting the privacy wall on the opposite side of the road!
More friends today, more gifts, more flowers and again a wonderful caring neighbor friend sent over a huge pan of baked ziti. Frankie went to ballet, Finley negotiated herself out of tennis so she could make a rubber band bracelet. We tried, we failed, we tried again and failed and in while doing so discovered just how gently one must loop one band over another!!!! The REALLY embarrassing part is that the instructional video is narrated and demonstrated by two 8 year olds!
There has been a LOT of talk about losing baby weight. I mean after all, it has been 5 days since she gave birth. All of her friends are big proponents of the belly band and if there was any hesitation on Ki’s part, Frankie gave her the convincing argument. QUOTE OF THE DAY: Frankie: ” Why is your belly so big? Do you have another baby in there”?
Yup that clinched it!
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Maybe when you get really good at the rubber band bracelets you can make a huge belly band……only kidding.