you know youre life has taken a turn when your new moment of victory is not dropping an expletive when your two year old pulls back her toe nail and says, 'look, mommy, i have an owie...see it goes all the way back like this'. aaaaahhhhhh.
and this would not be the only noteworthy victory from the week...patrick and i pulled off a heist worthy of a james bond flick by extracting two pacis guarded as well as fort knox with just a little help from the paci fairy. oh yes. the withdrawal has been slightly better than a heroin addict in detox. no shakes or sweats, but a plethora of well thought out questions by our interrogator. the best was the first night of 'operation paci-free' when said interrogator summoned us to her room moments after bedtime to inform us that she was in fact in fear of the legendary paci fairy...that she 'wears a big hat and opens her mouth wide like a cow but doesnt say moo and thats scary'. i promise i did no drugs during my pregnancy. patrick assured her the paci fairy was rather small, had hands to drop gifts with and wings to fly away with. no big hats, big open mouths and nothing to be scared of. we are now 5 days paci free and while i dont need to stand on a ship with a crowd, i will happily hang a 'mission accomplished' sign and toast yet another significant victory.
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I had to ask Sarah what a paci was, but when she explained, it all made sense. Good luck!
one night I came home and everything seemed fine. then I noticed Mason's toe nail was split in half all the way down the middle. his whole toe was all bloody. when I asked his daddy what the bleep happened, he said, "oh, he said he had a boo boo on his foot. I looked at the bottom and didn't see anything though." there really are no words for it. just a dumb, open-mouthed stare.
The paci fairy is still not welcome in our home as you can imagine...even if it was an even exchange, paci for a new lexis...but, when Orion came to me with a huge booger on her finger and wiped it on my arm, and I did not flinch, I too was celebrating a small mommy victory!
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