Kind Of Like Christmas

We're flying to LAX tomorrow morning, and apparently Liam is really excited about the airplane ride. Ben put him to bed an hour ago and he's already asked twice if it's time to wake up yet.



We'll be gone for 11 days, so I packed 11 overnight Pull-Ups and 11 naptime Pull-Ups for Liam, plus 76 regular diapers and 2 swim diapers for Eliza. It blows my mind that you can live for two weeks in Europe out of a small suitcase, or you can travel with children and fill that entire same suitcase with diapers.

Jellyfishing

Last night I bumped Ben with my foot, waking him up just enough to say, "There's a jellyfish on the floor over here, so don't come over here." Then, in the morning when I told him he was talking about jellyfish in his sleep, he said, "Oh, that's right. I saw one on the floor right there next to the bed."

Binky Booger

Some babies like having a pacifier in their mouths. Not Eliza, though. She likes hers up the nose.

I Wonder If They're Recruiting

I overheard Ben having a discussion with himself while reading Time Magazine this morning. He said, “I bet being a pirate is so much better than being a fisherman. More fun. Less work. More lucrative.”

Grandma Great

Eliza was born on Ben’s grandma’s 78th birthday. She was her very first great-granddaughter. Grandma Great had heart surgery a few weeks ago, and she found out on Wednesday that her replacement valve was leaking and she was too weak for more surgery. Her response was, “But I wanted to see Ellie get fat little elbows and ankles.”

Even though everyone assured her that of course she would get to see Eliza get chubby, Grandma died this morning.

When Liam woke up I told him that Grandma Great went to Heaven because she wanted to be with Grandpa Great. He said, “Hmm. I don’t think that’s a very good idea.”

Quite frankly, I don’t think it’s a very good idea either.

Doctor Bobo

Apparently my brother just graduated from clown school.

Memorial Day

Here's hoping yours was as fun and delicious as ours.

More Twin Shots of Liam and Eliza

Bathtime:


Blessing Day:


Early Smiles:

True Love

Yesterday was probably the best day of Eliza’s life so far. She smiled all day long, and hardly cried at all. Then she slept from 10:00 last night until 5:30 this morning, which is her longest stretch yet. I’ve been trying to figure out what we did differently to make her so happy yesterday, and the only thing I can come up with is that yesterday she met Baby Oscar.

Hopak!

Schmath: Do you know what we look like?
Kim: Angels?
Schmath: No, folk dancers.