Lili,
Here are a list of things in your room:
- White mesh hanging shoe rack on the back of your door serving as the diaper holder
- A baby monitor that sounds like static at all times and that I sleep with next to my skull at volume ten (yes…still) and that Dad has never heard once in his entire Dad-hood and often likes to say, “Wow! She slept through the entire night without waking up once, huh?!” and I stare at him with dagger eyes
- An old wooden desk that Dad and I argue over keeping every year for the last five years (his not mine)
- A small basket full of tiny stuffed animals including a beanbag crab, Snowy from Tin Tin, an elephant from Mexico, a giraffe from Guatemala and a soft teddy from Grandma Jane
- A fab b&w print (copy) of Gary Winogrand (Dad’s idea – and a good one)
- A small vintage 50′s style wooden dresser full of clothes and clothes and more clothes. You are better dressed than I am
- A vintage Humpty-Dumpty lamp similar to one I had as a child
- Old photographs of various family members – your Grandpa Harvey & Great Aunt Lorna as young children, your Great grandmother Carol holding me as a young baby, your grandmother Jane (my Mom) as a tiny baby being held by your Great, great grandmother who is sitting with your great, great, great grandmother, another picture of your grandmother Nancy holding your father, another one of your grandfather John (my Dad) being held by his mother Mary, etc. I love all of these…want more…
- Travel crib (made mostly of foam and netting): currently set up as your main bed because you had too many ‘bashing your face into the wooden bars of your normal crib’ type injuries as of late and we need to protect you a bit until you get more stable.
- Normal crib: a portable crib I purchased early on thinking it would be great for your tiny, tiny room yet despite the label saying ‘good until 2 yrs of age’ your legs are practically touching the end already at almost 10 months of age!
- Changing table – that totally wobbles as if it will come crashing down. We don’t know why. Perhaps it is because it is a total piece of crap that needs to be replaced.
- 2 metal filing cabinets: these hold Dad’s camera equipment and stuff. Poor guy – it’s the only 2 inches of space he is allowed in entire apartment
- Rocking chair and ottoman (see former blog post) – and your first monogrammed item from Cousin Megan which is the most adorable pillow with animals on it
- Small vintage side table that houses your creams, wipes, etc and down below your basket of many, many books – several we look forward to reading to you when you are older – many are our favorite books as a child that we have found at stoop sale and second hand shops. So what if you’ll need a Benadryl before reading some of them because they are musty…
- A coat hook with animals on it with your tiny hooded sweatshirts hanging from it which I have to say is pretty darn adorable considering they are the size of a dinner napkin practically. This coat hook once had your coming home from the hospital outfit on it – an odd choice on my part – a white velor track suit (?!) that was more P-Diddy in style than little cute and cozy but was the only thing I could find in your tiny size
- A vintage style hanging print my friend Becca gave you of a stork carrying a baby – but not in a cheesy way – an old drawing
- A Diaper Dekor diaper pail that you need a PHD or three beers and a valium to have the patience to change the bag lining for
- A tiny colorful wastebasket from Mexico
- A light switch that matches your coat hook with little animals on it. Each time we leave the room I say, “Off?” And you take your tiny little chubby hand, place it on the switch, turn your head towards me and with a sly smile go… CLICK. Lights out.
