Tony Woodlief | Author

Month: December 2008

Christmas Eve

The tree is finally decorated, after we pulled off every strand of light and replaced them all with new strands. This involved surprisingly little cursing. The stockings, meanwhile, are hung by the chimney with care. The Christmas ham has been purchased, along with all the other goodies we’ll snack on throughout the day tomorrow, and …

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I’m changing Isaiah’s diaper. “Baby?” he asks. You might think he’s referring to himself, but when Isaiah says “Baby,” he’s referring to “Baby Beluga.” So I start to sing. “Ba-by Beluga in the deep blue sea. . .” “No no no no no no.” Now I’m confused. “You want ‘Baby Beluga’?” Isaiah nods. “Baby bebulabadabadoba.” This …

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