one whole year without our Tone Tone

Last year on this evening of April 6th I got back later than usual from weekly trip doing laundry and chores at home. Fredy spent a really nice day with Tony and had already done a lot of his bedtime routine when I came walking through the door. I was so happy to see our favorite night nurse, Hope, sitting outside of his room. We always felt better when she was there. I helped Fredy finish up, fed Tony, and attempted to read him his bedtime story. He was kind of fussy if I recall right, so we didn't get through it before I tried putting him to sleep. I remember I got him to sleep on me in the chair, but when I laid him down in his crib, he peeped his little eyes open at us (which was not abnormal and was adorable but frustrating as any parent knows). It was late, we were exhausted as we always were, but we stood there with him until we could get him back to sleep again. As soon as he was asleep we told him we loved him and tip toed out into the hall. We paused to talk with Hope fo...