"So throw away those Lamentations,
We both know them all too well.
If there's a Book of Jubilations,
We'll have to write it for ourselves.."

-Josh Ritter




Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Reprieve!

Nora fell asleep last nigt crying for her Baby, and woke up this morning the same way. I set my alarm early and got us out the door so that we could scour our route from yesterday again, looking for her lost Monkey.

We showed up at daycare with her other acceptable Monkey (as opposed to No Da Baby) to find Baby waiting for us in the lobby! Apparently, some other parent found Baby, recognized him (!!!!) and returned him to Kindercare. Nora snuggled those monkeys so hard that I thought she would suffocate, the whole time making a noise that was either hysterical laughter or hysterical tears. Maybe both.

She then flatly refused to give up either monkey all day long. It must have been such a relief to have everything right with her world again. I love that kid so much.

5 comments:

Rachel said...

oh so dear!!!! i'm so glad that baby is back!!

Fat Clown said...

I think you should be careful...it's pretty obvious that the foundling is not the true monkey, but rather a POD MONKEY that will take over your unwitting household one by one. If Nora starts to act unlike herself, you may have to take drastic action. You have been warned. Also, check the monkey to see if it has a goatee.

Fat Clown said...

I think you should be careful...it's pretty obvious that the foundling is not the true monkey, but rather a POD MONKEY that will take over your unwitting household one by one. If Nora starts to act unlike herself, you may have to take drastic action. You have been warned. Also, check the monkey to see if it has a goatee.

MJT said...

Oh , I am so relieved ! Who could have known that spare monkey would turn out to be "No Da Baby"!

Give her a kiss for me.

Anonymous said...

Fortunately I read the post about finding the baby before the lost baby post, so I didn't have to deal with the stress of it all...
It's great to see your beautiful family!