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We didn’t have a baby today, but it’s probably just as well, since Tammy’s not in labor yet. No contractions, but there’s a lot of pain, so she’s in the hospital tonight. A call could come at any time, but first they will do tests and make sure she’s ready. I’ll be surprised if they send her home without Kylie in her arms, but I think we’re a day or so away from her actual arrival.
On the other hand, what do I know? Only what I’m told, and I’m interpreting the signals. I do know that Suzanne is spending the night with Aiden at Tammy and David’s, because they expect to be in the hospital all night. And I know that once the doctors and nurses start whatever procedures they have in mind, things could progress very rapidly. And I also know that everyone is very optimistic. So there you go.
Meanwhile, Aiden was his usual charming self today. I visited for about an hour this afternoon, to say goodbye to life as we know it, I guess. Aiden doesn’t know how drastically things are about to change, but he’s very adaptable. He will now be one of three big brothers, but he’ll always be the youngest boy.
Today he was very tired but not ready to sleep. That pretty much describes the whole family, but for a baby, Aiden controls his emotions pretty well. He knows that if he’s cute enough, no one will force him to go to bed. So he was doing all kinds of tricks, and anything that would get a laugh he would repeat until it wasn’t funny any more. He stumbled face-first into the carpet and enjoyed it so much he raised his arms above his head and dived to the ground again.
When he was ready to slow down, he wasn’t sure where he wanted to be. He sat with his daddy in the chair, then lay with him on the rug. Then he crawled up onto his mama’s belly and cuddled with her. I even got a turn, which is a gift he hasn’t given me before. He came to me and put his arms up to be picked up. He sat in my lap quietly for about thirty seconds and then pointed to his blanket on the ottoman.
I handed it to him and he shook his head no and pointed to the other blanket, the one on the floor. So I put him down and told him to get it. He picked it up and came right back to cuddle with me again. It lasted a few minutes this time, but not long enough for him to go to sleep.
Still, it was nice to know that he’ll sit in my lap and let me rock him back and forth. I haven’t done that with him since he was a tiny baby. Now that he’s a big boy of fifteen months, I wasn’t sure I could ever expect such a blessing again, so today was special to me. Even if it didn’t turn out to be the day the family expanded. | 
