Things that make you go...ewwwww

1. You stop your baby in the act of putting something in his mouth, discover it’s a full, blood-bloated tick, and wonder how many times has he done this before??

2. Hearing yourself say, “Okay, Baby, new rule. No more getting your snot in my mouth.”

3. Smiling as you spin your happy, laughing baby round and round like a flying super hero…then realizing you are slowly but surely being wrapped in a spider web made of the long, silvery strings of drool coming from his mouth.

The One Ring

I have a friend who wears a replica of The One Ring to Unite Them All. The legend, as I far as I understand the Lord of the Rings, claims that it is the little piece of jewelry that selects its master, not the other way around, and it will stay with its chosen one until it is ready to move on.

Sitting outside with my baby, my friend’s ring suddenly fell off of her finger, something it had never done before, and rolled across the ground straight to Nathaniel.

Now, I'm not saying he's the "One True King," or the "Chosen One" or even the "Dark Lord." I leave you, Gentle Reader, to draw your own conclusions.