Story Time: Take 2 (or Take 22)

On Friday afternoon, a surprise (anonymous!) care package arrived in our mailbox. It contained two board books for Button: Good Night, Gorilla and Guess How Much I Love You. (If someone reading wants to 'fess up to being Button's secret admirer, we'd love to thank you!) Jeff was immediately inspired to indulge in a story time that night, in part thanks to the fact that we'd read that, at 22 weeks, Button is starting to be able to hear sounds outside the womb. If she's going to be an avid reader like her mama, we've got to start her young, right?

However, what was surprising was Rosie's sudden interest in the Button bump; up until now, she's been pretty stand-offish about it, apparently believing that this new addition is seriously jeopardizing her preferred seat on the pre-heated furniture that is my lap. But, tonight, she listened attentively to the story of Big Nutbrown Hare and his son, and Jeff was so soothing that it wasn't long before she'd found a new purpose for the bump.

The more she purred, the more little Button happily kicked away--perhaps a truce will be reached before the next four months are out!