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It Happened!




It happened today.  

There was the aroma of coffee in the air… even classical music playing in the background… a gentle touch and two little lovely words were uttered…

It was a long and busy day, infused with more than the usual amount of activities (and patience).  You see, the UrbanBaby is suffering once again from teething pains.   

We made an extra special visit to Gymboree.  Browsed the children's section at Kepler's.   Fed the birdies outside of Borrone.  We registered for a summer swim class at our favorite pool (YAY!! We have been on the DARN waiting list for 3 months) and watched the babies play in the pool...  We sipped water out of 5 different sippy cups.  We bobbled our heads to “Our” favorite new song by Googoosh more times that I care to count… We made 4 different lunches until we found one we liked – sort of.   

And since the two of us were nearly exhausted, we enlisted the help of my lovely Mr. Urban the second he stepped into the door.  We asked, and he lovingly obliged:  Can you please open the box of the baby bike seat that just arrived from Amazon so the UrbanBaby can see what is inside? Yes.   Can you please read her a book? Yes.  Can you walk her and the baby bike seat’s box to the garage?  Remember to bring her back...
 
After a quick dinner, we decided the heck with bed time!  What this family needs more than anything now is some yummy Peet’s coffee. 


The three of us cram on the bench inside of Peets. Mr. Urban and I each hold our coffees as far away from us as we can.  Our little girl glides from mommy to daddy and back again, saying "Hot, Hot, Coffee, Music, Mommy, Daddy, Hot" and so on…  I savor the taste of my coffee.  I let Mr. Urban know how good my coffee is (although he is quietly drinking the same thing).  Beethoven plays in the background.  I tell Mr. Urban that we should play our new classical piano CD when we go home….  And suddenly two soft chubby hands grip my face ever so lightly, and a tiny voice utters "LUB You".  I am dizzy.  Mr. Urban tells me "she said Love You". 

OH MY… so this is how this bit of my history takes place! I will remember it always.  And just in case, I asked Mr. Urban to please always remember it for us... 
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