oh my god, i don't know how i forgot to post about this. but my nieces are SOOOOOO FUCKING CUTE. it's almost unbearable! like the kind where you feel like you'll just burst from their cuteness. this is not bad in any way, it's the most wonderful feeling. Jade, my 2 and half year old niece, and Ivy, my almost 2 year old niece, came over tonight before going with mom (their "gamma") to the JCC to swim. Ivy was holding her doll, and she kept presenting it (her?) to me and proclaiming, "Woozy" (as near as i could make out) in this proud, happy voice. it wasn't exactly woozy either, it was woozy but 412370464758934758934705 times cuter. and she did this over and over, and my face almost broke from the size of my smile, which i couldn't contain. and she kept saying "see my tattoo," in the same infinitely cute voice. don't worry, it was an airbrush stencil tattoo of a bunny on her leg. jade is also cute, but she's getting bigger and therefore not cute in the same incredible, heart-bursting, happy-exploding way. so awesome.