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rivkaI'm flying to Boston in the morning. Waaaaay early in the morning - I have to be at the light rail stop by 5:15am. Haven't told any of my Boston friends in advance, because I won't really have time to meet up - I'll only be in town for 36 hours, and my time is pretty much spoken for.
I'm leaving my toddler overnight for the first time to, um, go visit another toddler. My sister Debbie's newly adopted daughter, Jessica Paola. She came home about a month ago, and because we spent Christmas in Memphis I'm the only one in the family who hasn't met her yet. I'm excited! My sister's been waiting for so long... I can't wait to see her as a mother. And I'll get to be there for Jessica's baptism.
Honestly, the whole trip seems a little unreal. The idea of just throwing a few things in a backpack and heading out of town, not loaded down with 24 pounds of squirming toddler and 50 pounds of gear... I mean, I'll even be able to read on the plane! Or sleep! But also: a whole weekend without Alex, who is in an especially sweet and cuddly stage these days. Sigh. (To the left, it'll also be a whole entire weekend that I won't have to read A Day With Firefighters or Just a Mess.)
Michael could probably use some friendly thoughts from you all during his first solo weekend with Alex. He's already been pulling extra childcare duties this week, as our nanny has come down with mononucleosis. It's going to be a couple of long weeks until she's back behind the stroller. I'll be taking an extra day off every week, but it will still be a lot of work for Michael.
I'm leaving my toddler overnight for the first time to, um, go visit another toddler. My sister Debbie's newly adopted daughter, Jessica Paola. She came home about a month ago, and because we spent Christmas in Memphis I'm the only one in the family who hasn't met her yet. I'm excited! My sister's been waiting for so long... I can't wait to see her as a mother. And I'll get to be there for Jessica's baptism.
Honestly, the whole trip seems a little unreal. The idea of just throwing a few things in a backpack and heading out of town, not loaded down with 24 pounds of squirming toddler and 50 pounds of gear... I mean, I'll even be able to read on the plane! Or sleep! But also: a whole weekend without Alex, who is in an especially sweet and cuddly stage these days. Sigh. (To the left, it'll also be a whole entire weekend that I won't have to read A Day With Firefighters or Just a Mess.)
Michael could probably use some friendly thoughts from you all during his first solo weekend with Alex. He's already been pulling extra childcare duties this week, as our nanny has come down with mononucleosis. It's going to be a couple of long weeks until she's back behind the stroller. I'll be taking an extra day off every week, but it will still be a lot of work for Michael.
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Date: 2007-01-20 04:31 am (UTC)Incidentally:
This evening, Michael mentioned, in passing, a Barbara Somebody he used to work with. Alex immediately started trying to tell us something. "Barbara, Barbara book."
It took me a couple of minutes to make the connection, and then I asked her, "Do you want to look at pictures of Miss Barbara?"
She ran to the kitchen and pointed until I followed her and got her photo album off the top of the microwave. Then she flipped eagerly through the first pages until she came to "Miss Barbara! Miss Barbara hold baby Alex."
So there you go. When are you coming to visit?
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Date: 2007-01-22 04:42 am (UTC)That is so cool!
*friendly thoughts to Michael*