what next?

this is the question i ask about elias. what will he think of next. what will he do next. what will he come up with next. lately, he's been calling his father "jim". we're trying to ignore it, but it's actually really funny. eli doesn't call him jim all the time. only when eli is asking if jim is okay (you okay jim?) or after i've yelled down the stairs looking for jim. there really is no rhyme or reason to it.

eli doesn't call me jennifer. he varies between mom and mommy. he has to be cool like his big brothers. sammy called me mama until about 4 and i loved it. it was his special name for me. and it was sweet. i remember when ben stopped calling me mommy and just went with plain old mom.

i love my name. and the little dumplings that call me mom.