overheard

gabriel: snort, snort, snort, pffff, snort, sssss

amelia, on the permanence of gabriel: "he's ours forever and ever, right? we're not going to give him back ever, right?"

amelia, on momma's time in the hospital: "momma, i missed you when you were in the hospital. i'm glad you're home."

amelia, on showing off gabriel to her friends: "when momma goes back to work, then gabriel can pick me up from school and i can show him to all my friends!"

gabriel: snort, snort, snort, pffff, snort, sssss

amelia, on number of family members: "now there are four of us!"

amelia, on a bug's life: "can we watch life of bugs? i mean bugs of life? i mean life's bugs?" (ie, anything but bug's life)