Island Wave of sorrow, Do not drown me now: I see the island Still ahead somehow. I see the island And its sands are fair: Wave of sorrow, Take me there. -Langston Huges

'Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.' Aeschylus

Frankie's working on his pronouns. I always say, Do you want me to hold you?", so now he's started saying "hold you" when he wants to be picked up. Cutest.Thing.Ever.

Wawert. That's Frankie's word for water. Bite. Wawert. means he's thirsty. During dinner he asked me if he could go outside, "Outside, mommy?" Then "Outside, Daddy" when he got a "no" from us he asked, "Outside, Ira?" He's given himself a couple of time outs. He runs to his room and puts his hands on the wall. No idea what he did. He gave the pool toy crocodile a time out for hitting in the pool. He says 'self" all the time as he wants to do things on his own. He turns the pages when we read books (3 at naptime and 3 at bedtime.) We tried to put him for a nap at Jackson parents house. We tried for an hour and finally let him get up so he said, "good morning!" Ira's been smiling since four week, but he really ramped it up starting July 5th. He's staying awake for long stretched, like 5 hours. He sleeps for 6 hours straight and has since birth. (Not every night, but most.)

Prego brain

Frankie and I were heading out the door and he frantically started saying "juice, juice, juice!" He doesn't drink juice often, so I was confused and said it wasn't time for juice. Then I saw him looking down. Ooohhhh...SHOES!
I was barefoot.

San diego Trip

We had Frankie's first flight last weekend. He was a champ! We went to San Diego to visit Jared's (and my) cousins. We hit the San Diego Zoo (for free, thanks to Amber's sister), the coast, a house party, and lots of hanging out. It was great to see family and reconnect. The weather didn't hurt either.

What a nice day.

He napped for an hour and a half in the morning and another 2 and a half hours in the afternoon. I read my book and snuggled with him while he napped in the afternoon. I had the Sky Babies over for mommy date and went to a good, long walk with him. He went down with only a couple of cries and JJ and I ate spicy pasta and watched Pushing Daisies.