Elise Today

Elise's ear infection is gone. Yay! And she now weighs 25 pounds.

On the way home from the doctor's office, an ambulance drove by with its lights and siren on.

"Siren?!"

"Yes, that's an ambulance. It's going to the hospital. Someone got a boo boo."

Pause. Then, "Baby in tummy?"

"Maybe. Someone might have a baby in their tummy." (I guess hospitals make her think of babies being born.)

"Mommy baby in tummy?"

"No! No, no, no. No baby in Mommy's tummy."

"Baby Clark baby in tummy?"

"No, Clark doesn't have a baby in his tummy. I guess you didn't know this, but only girls can have babies in their tummy. Maybe one day you'll have a baby in your tummy. If you want one. It's okay if you don't. But maybe you will. Do you want a baby in your tummy one day?"

Very flat tone and emphatic voice, looking right into my eyes in the rear view mirror: "No."

Also, Elise has her first little mole. A tiny brown speck on her tummy. She calls it her sparkle. Her sparkle! Sometimes I could die from her cuteness.