December 6, 2005
T-Bone made this quick sketch to illustrate Adam’s sleeping posture one year ago today. The rectangular form represents the crib he has recently outgrown, with the short vertical line on the right being the top, or head, of the mattress. The sausage-like protrusions from the crib’s perimeter show Adam’s arms being thrust through the bars and (presumbly) hanging down in the embrace of gravity.
This fall Adam graduated to his big boy bed, and the timing seemed right. That was a good thing, since T-Bone was bound and determined that he be ousted from the crib regardless, so that he’d have time to get used to the idea of it not being his any longer, so that crib-envy, at least, would not be a cause of sibling strife come January.
T-Bone and I have a small collection of Post-It
So it’s a bittersweet anniversary. And a blend of the silly and the touching in your post, which gets me every time. My sympathies on the loss of your father.
Comment by juliloquy — Wednesday 6 December 06 @ 16.13 MST+2.00
i am sad for you, and happy for you.
Comment by kilowatthour — Wednesday 6 December 06 @ 21.27 MST+2.00
What a beautiful post.
I am, however, unclear on the origins of the T-Bone moniker. Did I miss something?
Comment by jdog — Thursday 7 December 06 @ 04.19 MST+2.00
Juliloquy, kWH: thanks. It is a bit bittersweet, but I mean it about the circle of life. Adam’s got my father’s given name as his middle name.
jdog:
Comment by sgazzetti — Thursday 7 December 06 @ 15.11 MST+2.00
Greeting from Peppy.
For my thirteen Thursday I blog hop and I stumble apon your blog.
When my boys were wee ones we didn’t have a computer and had no chance to blog about their mile stones of life.
Now that we are about to come empty nester’s I still find mile stones in their life.
When you get sometime stop by.
Comment by peppylady — Thursday 7 December 06 @ 17.15 MST+2.00
Ahem. That certainly is a large steak. Let me clarify: I am not unclear on what a T-Bone is. I am unclear on how it came to apply to Magda. She ordered this heifer? She joined some street gang in which she needed a beefy handle? That’s the option I would choose, if I had a say.
Comment by jdog — Thursday 7 December 06 @ 23.11 MST+2.00