Our Amazing, Wonderful, Hilarious Poloo

Mia and Adee Memories Remember when…. You were a tiny baby and so warm and cuddly and I was supposed to babysit you and you slept on my stomach for 8 hours!   I didn’t move at all and I feel that we really bonded. (so sweeeat!) We used to go to Toys “is” Us every time you came to Atlanta!   We would always buy a toy and/or a DVD or game and usually a candy!   Every time we went, you had a specific toy in mind.   One time, you wanted a red elephant and since we couldn’t find one, we had to buy a wooden elephant and red paint and then we went to my house and painted it. Some of the other specific toys you wanted were a red helicopter, a very noisy lawnmower, and a small Oscar the grouch!   We also used to look at each other and laugh when a kid was being spoiled and crying for something.   You were so well behaved!   Once, you asked a sales associate named Mario, if he knew there was a video game with his name!   We also started taki...

Coming home on weekends during law school when I knew Aden was there - so I could see how much he had grown since the last visit.  He always smelled like soap because Mama would give him a kitchen sink bath. I loved how he devoured mama fu noodles and I'd always let him run his little feet on top of my head while he ate in the high chair.  I remember when Mia would put him on my back and I'd crawl around the whole house pretending to be his horse.  I remember when he had a really bad cold, and he still kept trying to kiss everyone.  He didn't speak yet so he was basically just lunging at everyone without warning haha.  In the end, I think everyone caved and let him kiss us.  When he was a little bit older, he would stomp his feet whenever he would see me.  That was our way of saying hello.  I'd stomp my feet and then we'd go to the basement where he would play with the VCR and keep putting cassettes in and out.  I'd always ...