kelly grace

here is a more recent photograph of my neice, kelly grace. my sister sarah is a photographer, which works out really well, since everyone needs pictures. well, "needs" maybe isn't the right word, but it's fun to have pictures of cute kids. kelly grace is an angel of a little girl; she watches everyone closely, soaking in the action of the blake household. shannon, her mom, says she's not so laid back at home -- she demands more when there aren't a million arms waiting to hold her. but she's still this perfect little creation of jason and shannon, with a big helping from god. i love her. this picture makes me want to kiss her.

apparently, though, you should be careful who you let kiss your kids, what with the bacteria and all. that's what my dentist tells me. isn't that weird? it's one thing to not want strangers to kiss your baby, but family. who cares what kind of germs they have?

and here's really the point: tom had a dream a couple weeks ago that we were at our old church two days after i had the baby, and he was freaked out about the germs. not only that, but we were sitting next to the brazilian and argentine national soccer teams. in uniform. and this player leans over to tom and asks if the baby is a boy or a girl. tom replies, a boy. then the player asks what his name is. tom looks at me, then turns back and says, it's tom. ha! but then, the player reaches down to kind of tickle the baby and he has these long fingernails with dirt underneath them. tom freaks out! so ends tom's first dream about the baby. i think it's a boy.