what gets me through

The crazy toddler days are here. It seems like nature equipped babies just right so that just as you're losing steam, they start smiling, start cuddling, start any number of cute mannerisms for self preservation.

It's only our second rainy day here, but I know better than to hope for sun for the rest of the year month. So we bundle up and get ready to visit the book store. I'm on my knees wrestling with a malfunctioning zipper when I throw my hands up and growl, It's not working! Then Bella smiles, bends over and kisses me on the top of the head. The childhood cure-all. It works on mommies, too.