On Many Subjects

The long awaited arrival of the Divine Miss M is here. I saw them when they drove right past our apartment, but #3 was on the phone to Clover, giving her final landing instructions. Then, they did a loop around the complex and finally found a place to park the SUV with a trailer in tow. Precision operation all around, I might add.

The Clover opened the door to the SUV and she got out of the driver's side. #2 was in the back seat with HER. After a brief greeting to son and daughter-in-law, they finally released the CUTEST BABY EVER from her car seat prison.

Then, she was mine. Clover handed her to me and I held the little girl in my arms for the first time. It was like the doors of heaven had just opened up when the baby gave me a very brief look and the tiniest smile. There were, after all, too many things going on. #3 was unhitching the trailer so that the poor belabored SUV could rest. Lady Di and Clover were introducing theremselves to each other because they had never met. Clover had never met #3, either so, there were more introductions. Then #2 and Clover began unloading part of their wares that make life comfortable.

And Miss M and me? We watched, both of us fascinated by the whole process. Then, we came into the apartment and there were so many new things to see. I took Miss M on a tour and showed her my bedroom, my bathroom, her Uncle's bedroom and bathroom, the kitchen, the living room. Then, we played pass the baby, everyone getting their chance to hold her. She was a real trooper and took all the admiration in stride, as if it were expected and more than that, welcomed. Her mom put her on the floor and because the little one was released from bondage after a ten hour ride in the car, she played and tried to crawl and wiggled and giggled.

The CATZ? Kyta and Alastor are still a little bit put out in that they were separated from their family and their home in the first place. Alastor recovered quickly and was his arrogant self in no time, barely allowing Clover to hold him and pet him. Kyta hid under the bed, there being way too much excitment for our little Egyptian Temple Cat. This morning, she is wandering about my computer desk and head-butting my hand so I will hold her and cuddle her and tell her that life is still good.

I had forgotten this, but baby smell is the best smell in the world. She smells so fresh and so alive. Her hair is like the finest spun golden silk and her blue eyes are huge and inquistive. She sees everything. The Divine Miss M from just pictures, is now the Most Excellently Curious Miss M who is more inquisitive and curious than Frodo Baggins.

Then, the little girl, after a very hard day, drank a comforting bottle of milk presented to her by her daddy, ate some baby guava from a small container while I held her and Mommy spooned her full of food, wrestled as her mom tried to put her into pajamas, the task finally accomplilshed when Lady Di lent a hand, and then fussed because she was ready for bed.

Her schedule is all screwed up because she is a Hawaiian baby and here in Florida, we are several time zones away. But, she will adjust to Eastern Standard Time pretty soon. She is a baby! The most malleable creature on Earth. As long and Mommy and Daddy are doing it, then she will think its okay and she will do it, too.

A truly amazing evening. And I did I tell you how wonderful a new baby smells?