Today, Hilary turned 19 years old.\u00c2\u00a0 Hannah and I went out to UMass to take her to dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 We found a great pasta place appropriately named Pasta e Pasta.\u00c2\u00a0 I would post pictures, but I can’t figure how to get them off my new cell\/camera.\u00c2\u00a0 Hilay received a new fake Prada bag that I got on my latest adventure to New York City this past weekend. \u00c2\u00a0I have some great stories to tell about how I obtained it and will post more later this week.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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One short story in honor of Hilary day:\u00c2\u00a0 On Hilary’s second birthday, I was very pregnant with her sister Hannah.\u00c2\u00a0 Her father and I didn’t have enough money for a second crib, so we bought Hilary a big girl bed for her birthday.\u00c2\u00a0 We figured we would get her used to the bed for a few months so it would ease the transition of the new baby into the house.\u00c2\u00a0 She was so excited and eager to help put it together.\u00c2\u00a0 She helped put her new Sesame Street sheets on and couldn’t wait for night night.\u00c2\u00a0 She put her dolls and bears to sleep in it all afternoon.<\/p>\n
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When bed time came she got in her PJs, brushed her teeth and stood in front of the bed staring at it.\u00c2\u00a0 Blankie in hand, favorite two middle fingers in her mouth she looked at me and said, “Skoosiver?”\u00c2\u00a0 She said it again and again.\u00c2\u00a0 She took her fingers out of her mouth and said, “Skoosiver?” and twisted her tiny hand like she was opening a door.\u00c2\u00a0 I couldn’t figure out what she wanted and she wouldn’t get in the bed.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally she went over to the closet where we had stored the now disassembed cribby.\u00c2\u00a0 This time the light clicked on in my head.\u00c2\u00a0 She wanted the screwdriver to put back together her cribby.\u00c2\u00a0 I teared up immediately and scooped up my little girl who wanted to stay a baby another day.\u00c2\u00a0 That was the worst\u00c2\u00a0night’s sleep I ever got.\u00c2\u00a0 Hil, I and a half baked Han in a tiny twin.<\/p>\n
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Happy Birthday Hilary.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay a baby as long as you like.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t mind a bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today, Hilary turned 19 years old.\u00c2\u00a0 Hannah and I went out to UMass to take her to dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 We found a great pasta place appropriately named Pasta e Pasta.\u00c2\u00a0 I would post pictures, but I can’t figure how to get … Continue reading