snuggery
or snuggerie
[snuhg-uh-ree]
2. a comfortable or cozy room.
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“Get the camera!”
Mary called out as she dashed into the living room. Evan looked up from the book he was reading
and gave his wife a quizzical look. She
just repeated her demand and ran off, presumably to look for the camera
herself.
“What’s
going on?” Evan asked as he calmly
placed his book on the coffee table and stood to join the search.
“Just
get the damn camera.” She said again.
Evan
could tell she was in a hurry, but not in a panic. That meant it was something that could end at
any moment, just was not a threat to life or property in any way. Which meant it was something to do with their
one year old daughter, Heather.
Unlike
Mary, he actually remembered where the camera was, so it was not hard at all to
find it. When he had informed her of the
discovery, she snatched it out of his hand and nearly ran to the toddler’s
room.
By the
time Evan got there, she was already busy taking pictures. She took one, looked at it through the
digital camera’s display, shook her head, moved, and took another one. She repeated this process many, many times.
Evan
moved in closer to see exactly what was holding Mary’s attention so well. Heather was taking a nap, curled up in the
snug, comfortable embrace of a large, oversized stuffed teddy bear his mother
had gotten her. One hand was held up to
her mouth with her thumb gently between her lips. The other was wrapped around a normal sized
pink stuffed bunny given to the child by Mary’s parents.
Not
only was she in a position practically chosen for maximum cuteness, she was
dressed in a pink onesie with a rainbow print on the front—a gift from Mary’s
brother and his family. Her light brown
hair was adorned with a small red and white polka-dot bow that had been given
to her by Evan’s sister. The whole thing
was nearly engineered to be posted online and used by the masses as an example
of an adorable baby. Sometimes Evan
wondered if Heather did things like that for that exact purpose, or if it just
came naturally for her.
Whatever
Heather’s intentions were—if there were any—Evan could not doubt how cute she
looked in that position. He could hardly
blame Mary for wanting to hurry up, considering how short the toddler’s naps
could last. Still, his wife was going a
bit overboard with the pictures.
“Think
you have enough yet?” He asked.
“No. There can never be enough pictures. I mean, just look at her.” Mary said, even as she snapped a few more
pictures.
“Yes, I
know, she’s adorable. But you still want
to save some room on the memory card for later, right? I mean, this isn’t the last time she’ll do
something photo worthy, is it?”
Mary
reluctantly lowered the camera as she admitted he was right. She moved in close to her husband and he
draped his arm around her shoulder. They
watched their daughter sleep for a moment.
The girl let out a tiny little whiny sound and started kicking her legs
slightly. Evan had to fight to keep Mary
from switching the camera to video recorder.
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Sometimes I think babies do cute things like this on purpose. I bet it's to counter all the gross things they also do. You know, throwing up everywhere and pooping all the time. you know, things like that.
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