how much fun can one summer hold


well, boo (husband's cousin) has been here a week...the boys LOVE her.
we have tried to fill our days with some "new york" things.
friday: central park - zoo and all.
saturday - prospect park - farmer's market and all.
monday - serendipity for frozen hot chocolate and shopping in china town (all things girl - no boys allowed)

throw in a trip to chuck.e.cheese, the beach in the rain, uncle louie-g for icee, our favorite restaurant, a doctor's appointment (sweet pea weighs 13 pounds even), a few playgrounds, and the bachelorette and i would say that was a full week.

now we pack for two full weeks in florida with g'ma. i am also flying with just sweet pea to louisiana for my g'mother's funeral on friday. it is the kindness of the lord that she went home to heaven in the quietness of her slumber.

grief is such a strange thing.... i can't ever predict when it will hit me or overwhelm me or underwhelm me......i miss my father-in-law at the strangest times.... or just all the time, but i feel it at strange moments....like packing to go to his house.

and i get to turn 35 in there somewhere.
how the heck did that happen?

Comments

Lydia said…
i'm sorry about your grandmother kathy. I'm glad you are going to the funeral and florida.
8:56 AM EDT
kate o. said…
hey, you'll be in fl! during your weeks here, if you feel an overwhelming desire to drive a few hours south with a carload of kids, know we would love to see you and you'd even have your own cottage! ;)

i hope your time with family is full and sweet and relaxing.

the pics of the kids are great.
7:27 AM EDT
patti said…
sweet pic of you and the pea. call me when you get the fla. We will hook up my love! xo
3:28 PM EDT
Anonymous said…
Sweet friend,
I have been wanting to get in touch with you for the past three days - it was your VERY special day!!! I hope you felt celebrated, loved, appreciated, all that jazz. :) We have been down in the Keys for the past week (and still have a few days left), so I've been disconnected from the outside world. (which has been wonderful!) Then tonight i realized I knew your blog by memory (amazing!), and wanted to send you a belated birthday wish. We would love to get to see you guys while in FL if that's possible. :) Sounds like you have plenty going on already, though. So sorry that you're having to deal with so much loss in such a short amount of time. You are on my heart. Love ya!
10:11 PM EDT
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