Laowai

In the future remind me not to read a book about the Boston Strangler while Brian is out of town and It’s late at night. Brian picked up a book called A Death in Belmont partly because his Dad grew up in Belmont, Mass. I’ve never really read a crime novel, but I’m liking this one. Now I need to ask my Dad-in-Law if he remembers anything about this murder case. So far the book is mostly about a guy who is wrongly accused of the murder. It’s interesting and creeping me out at the same time.

So what have we been up to? We’ve been having some good days and some bad days. But we won’t dwell on the negative stuff like my crying baby that insists on being held most of the day. Mom says that Bea reminds her of me when I was a baby – I guess I had colic and wanted to be held all the time. So now I’m paying for my bad behavior 32 years ago.

The good times are watching Bea smile and start to giggle and develop her motor skills. She likes to look at Bucky the Bunny and talk to him. Then she’ll reach out to him and try to grab him but so far she can only bat him around. Then she starts to get mad – you can hear her voice turn into kind of a frustrated little yell. Pretty soon she is just furious with Bucky and she might turn her head away or I’ll take Bucky out of the crib so she’ll calm down. I could stand there at her crib and watch her funny little expressions forever.