A Litany of Stories for Your Enjoyment

Baby Stories
So, I think Tamsin is the coolest, funniest kid in the world.* She cracks me up every. single. day. She loves giving (and receiving) raspberries. I get them on my neck, chest and wrist (doesn't work so well). Saturday morning, the oven door was getting raspberries.

*I honestly wonder if all babies are this funny, or if mine is particularly amusing. I tend to think she's particularly amusing, but maybe I just haven't been around other babies enough.

Yesterday, Tamsin was happily pulling things out of the diaper bag.* She found the extra pacifier we keep in it. She promptly spit out the pacifier in her mouth and replaced it with the pacifier she had just found. Then she saw the first pacifier sitting in front of her on the floor, promptly spit out the new pacifier and put the first one back in. Once again, she saw the new pacifier sitting on the floor, spit out the first one and replaced it with the new one. Rinse and repeat for about 4 or 5 changes. She continued to do this throughout the day whenever she came across a new pacifier while playing.** I may have even teased her with 3 pacifiers while putting her to bed.

*The diaper bag is fantastic treasure trove of toys, diapers, mommy's wallet and a million other things to discover and put in her mouth.

**I will get the endless pacifier exchange on tape. So far, whenever I try, she loses interest in the pacifiers and wants to grab the camera. Somehow, though, the video proof of her silliness will be obtained.

Stories of an Awesome Person
I just want to give kudos to the man who manages/owns my office building. He is seriously one of the nicest people I have ever met. His name is Dave and he will probably never read this blog. Every September, he has a Tenant Appreciation Luncheon for every person who works in the building. He brings in a band and has absolutely fantastic food for everyone. Each Monday morning, he provides fruit and donuts for the building. On the Monday before Christmas, he'll have quiche and sausage and I don't even know what else - just a lot of really yummy breakfast foods.

He calls me by name, even though we don't interact very often. One time in early January, I saw him in the hall when I was particularly frustrated about Tamsin being sick and mentioned it to him. Since that day, he asks how my baby is doing every time he sees me. Another time, he was having the bathrooms painted and I asked about the color, because I thought it would work in my house with our new floors. Rather than just tell me the name and brand, he actually gave me a partial can of paint so I could test it in the house. I'm telling you, this man is truly, honestly, genuinely just nice.