we need to tawk...

...about my fear that by *going*away* to *south*fla* for a few days, the babies will forget that i'm their mommy and when i come back, they'll treat me like a stranger

the thought really freaks me out.

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they've been so cute, lately,

--as in the picture above--

and

i don't want to disturb their

state of comfort and bliss in the house.

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little

Carmen Sandiego

below:

her little *pink* bunny nose is the best!

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below,

Alejandro

is licking

his sister:

[remember this post?]

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here,

he's grabbed hold of her head:

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soooo...

notice from these pictures that

they've been hanging a lot

by the

front window:

above, Carmen.

below, Alejandro.

the reason for this new *window*hang*out*

is because my mother bought

them a new *scratch*pad*

and it's location is...haa haa!...by the window.

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now,

let me tell you about this *scratch*pad*...

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my mother casually

said to me somewhere at the

end of July/beginning of August,

"Oh, Amanda...I bought the kittens a scratch pad online."
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oh, okay.

I thought nothing of it.

i figured

she bought them a nice, little scratch pad

to put in the corner of the room so

they won't scratch the furniture anymore.

okay.

cool.

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the next thing she mentions about it is:

"Oh, it's six-feet tall."

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six-feet tall??!!

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i couldn't fathom where we would put it!

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holy crap. six-feet!

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that's when she slipped in the

last

part

about

it:

"...they had it in beige, but

i got the leopard print..."

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oh, Helene...you are too much.
above, little ham Carmen, always aware of her camera
below, Alejandro over the edge
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they really love their new tree house,
and
they love being able to look out the window:
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they are the two cutest partners in crime:
i don't know what
i'm going to do away
from them for four whole days.
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i tell myself, like a real parent,
i need to take care of me to
best take care of my babies.
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that gets me through time away from them,
but
four whole days away from them
has never happened yet.
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a night here and there, yes,
but
four. whole. days???!!!
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i'm scared.
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i don't want them to forget me,
or
be mad at me.
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they've grown reallllllllly attached to me.
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no, like, really.
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it's even gone so far as
they watch me while I take a shower
and wait for me outside the shower door:
they just turned 4-months old,
and
i want them to stay my babies.
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while both of them are attached to me,
my little boy, Alejandro,
is a total *mama's*boy*
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i'm most worried about him
because he follows me around,
and sits on my lap while i'm at the computer,
and tries to "catch" the cursor on the screen.
he doesn't like anyone but me to hug up on him.
i don't want him to feel lonely.
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look at the sad sap:

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boy, it's hard being a mom.

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...and my oldest baby, my neena, who's now 18,

is going to the vet today for the first time in years,

and

i'm afraid of what the vet might tell us about her.

{{deep sigh}}

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God bless all my babies, and

all the babies of the world, and

the mommies and daddies who have way too much love for them.

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aye yai yai!

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Happy Wednesday...

...2 more days, *south*fla*...