Boy, Oh, Boy

20 weeks is here so quickly!  I can't believe we're at the halfway point to meeting our next baby!
We went in for the scan assuming we were finding out what the sex of the baby was.  Only thing was that I was having misgivings about finding out, I hadn't yet talked with Nate about it.
So we had the technician write it down on a piece of paper so we could discuss and have the option of finding out...or not!
We didn't find out with Harper, I wasn't yearning to know, and do like a surprise.  Nate was ready to know.  All day long he'd been looking forward to it...but he was willing to wait until we got home.
We decide since we can't Skype with both sets of grandparents at once, to share the information with ourselves and then make our respective phone calls.
Nate unravels the post-it, and hands it to Harper, all of 19 months, who usually picks a letter at random and decides that all letters are called by that name..."O", "R", "P", "D" and "B" are her favorites...ok...the only ones she has down as of yet.  What I'm getting at is that "G" has not made an apperance either as a letter or as the consonant the starts words.  She refuses to say "giraffe", her attempts at "Grandma" all skip right over the first letter.  We knew we setting her up for failure asking her to reveal whether she would be getting a baby brother or sister for her 2nd birthday.
Nate asked her, "What does it say?  Boy? or Girl?"  I followed suit, "Is there a B?  or a G?"  She very authoritatively said, "B."  Then she spiked the post-it down on the table and looked at us as if to say, "Next."  We both held our breath, looked over at the post-it and indeed "b o y" was written.  
I shrieked, he laughed.  I don't think either of us could tell which was more amazing...that we were having a boy or that our 19 month old just told us what we were having.  WAY better than a stranger.
We're pretty ecstatic.  Of course, it would have been sweet to have another girl, but to be blessed with one of each is pretty spectacular.
And our baby boy looks like he's doing great.  Everything checked out with the best possible prognosis. Hopefully the 2nd half of the pregnancy will skate along as well as the 1st half.  I have to say, I'm blessed, pregnancy becomes me and I enjoy it tremendously.  Especially feeling the kicks...the absolute best part.
Here's a re-inactment of the reveal...and a sneak peak in 4D of our baby boy.

Three things that prove Harper is advanced ;)

Within the last 24 hours, Harper has done the following:
Pulled the trash drawer open, thrown away the peel from the banana that she was eating, closed the drawer, looked up at me and said, "All done!"
Hugged her dad goodnight, patted him on the shoulder, reached for her mom and said, "goodnight, daddy," as she gave him a gentle but knowing shove towards the door, indicating he could go now.
Pointed to a very pregnant woman's baby bump and said, "baby! Baby! Baby!" And no, I have not yet sat her down to explain the birds and bees. Yet somehow she knew I was pregnant before I did. And she knows how it grows without explanation. Very intuitive.
Color me impressed.

Boogie Time

Harper is so very into music. She's always loved to dance, but now she's starting to shake her hips, hop from foot to foot and change style with the music. She's also singing a lot more now. I'm amazed at how she sings along to a whole host of songs I've been playing for the past 6 months...some she hasn't heard in over a month.

When she talks, she's more into vowel sounds than the consonants, so I'm constantly trying to figure out what rhymes with what she's requesting. Thank God for sign language. It's really coming in handy. I think it truly cuts down on a lot of frustration and guessing.

Harper is such a happy girl, but she's definitely got an independent streak and she wants what she wants. Now. Over all, though, her disposition can't be beat. Nate and I are constantly amazed at how agreeable and happy she is most the time. She's got a great sense of humor and loves to explore and be surprised.

She loves the outdoors, loves to dig in the dirt, but hates to get dirt on her hands...go figure. She does not seem phased by the 103 degree temperatures, which is tough. She is always on the go, so I just try to keep up, but I'm running out of ideas for indoor play gyms that aren't super crowded.

Oos

We're at the phase where it's really starting to become necessary for Harper to use her words.

I know she has them in her head. Most times she refuses to use them until I urge her to.

But today, she picked up her shoes and held them up to me and said, "Ooos, ooos."

We put her shoes on and went for a walk. It was sweet.

I also noticed that she's in a better mood the more I pay attention to her. Tuesday, after we returned from three weeks away, I was running around trying to unpack, do laundry, put the house back in order...she was trying me every moment. Today, we spent the whole day playing... was a total angel.

She's getting to be quite a boogie queen. She's shaking her hips and singing a long. She knows to chorus to quite a large number of songs and I'm always pleased as punch to hear her sing along. She makes my heart smile. I'm a proud mama and a grateful one that she shares my passion for music.

Boogie woogie

At music on the square

Meeting some dinosaurs

Harper really enjoyed the dinosaur exhibit at the Houston Zoo today. Would have been more fun to be with her cousins. Especially Drew, the dinosaur expert.

So Close to Talking

Harper is really starting to repeat words and she babbles so much. It's a sweet tone she takes whenever she's saying whatever she's trying to express. Every day there's a new word she tries out. She's got 'yellow', 'blue', 'up' and 'poopoo' down this week. I'm working on convincing her to leave diapers behind, but I think it'll be a while.
She does like to carry her potty around upstairs, usually to the middle of our bedroom. Not quite sure what that's about, but I'm hoping once she starts using the potty for real it will stay in a bathroom.

This morning she carried the step stool over to the sink, climbed up and grabbed a bath crayon off the back of the counter. She was REAL proud of herself. She kept laughing to herself and telling me (I think) that she did it all by herself. What a cutie!

Happy 4th of July

Harper is enthralled with flags right now, so she is loving all the flags out in the neighborhood for 4th of July.
Today we went to the Gillette's to BBQ. Harper loves the whole family as much as we do. She has the best time trying to keep up with Will and Nick.

Harper is 1 year old! She's actually 13 months.

She has 5 teeth and I believe her 6th is on the way. She got her bottom tooth in December. She turned one with just one tooth. Her 2nd bottom came in that weekend. Gramma Nan is always blessed (or cursed) to be around for a new tooth.

Her fangs came in after a particualarly fussy week, yet they still surprised us since we never saw them until they were both fully in. (Ok, they aren't her incisors, but since she's still missing her two front teeth, they do look a bit like fangs.) One of her top front teeth is offically peeking through. I believe it's neighbor is on the way.

Harper has been such a pro at walking with pushing toys...she learned how to steer when we were at Christmas in CA and she never looked back. By the time we returned she was manhandling them, turning corners, jogging from one end of the house to the other. By the time her Grandparents came to visit, she decided it was one hand only if you wanted to help her walk around. By her daddy's birthday on the 28th, she was walking on her own.

I think she likes her new independence... I take that back, she LOVES her new independence.

She still loves her mommy. Her mommy loves that to be sure. Harper manages to strike a good balance between being independent and needing some TLC.

She now says 'daddy', 'doggie', and 'hi'. She points and mumbles words that may not have the correct consonants, but the intonation is spot on. I know when she means to say 'all done', 'birdie', 'there', 'that', 'yeah'. We've been working on her sign language in concert with her English and she can sign 'eat', 'all done', 'hi/bye' and then she does a universal sign which means 'diaper' or 'more' or 'puff's' or 'milk'...it's confusing but it's promising that she at least understands she can make her needs known by using her hands if she can't find the words.

Whenever she hears a birdie or a doggie, a helicopter or an airplane, a fire truck or an ambulance, she always stops to look for the source. Whenever she hears a machine, she imitates the tone... a garbage truck, a van backing up, a lawn mower, a food processor...it's pretty funny, she's got a great ear.

She's still the happiest baby I know. We both love her laugh try earnestly to win it all the time.

She loves to watch a ball bounce down the flight of stairs, she loves to climb said stairs...we've actually got her trained to call out when she's on the 2nd stair so we know to come spot her. She's been pretty good about always heading back down 'feet first'.

Happy New Year from Houston!

It's been so long since I've posted anything. We moved to Houston in the beginning of October...I think. By the time we got settled, it was the Holidays. I will try to back-track. For Harper's sake more than anything else.

Harper is moving to Texas!

Harper and her family are moving to Texas! Next week!
Nate got a job working with a great group of guys, some of whom he worked with straight out of college. He's looking forward to being a part of growing this small company of energy advisors.

So we're moving to Houston. Via California. The movers come Monday to pack us up. The truck comes Tuesday to collect our stuff. We fly out Wednesday to SF to visit Grammie & Grandpa Wax. Harper will get some much needed TLC and QT with her grandparents. Nate and I hope to sneak away to the city for a night and to Napa for two. Our first nights away from miss H!
We're moving into a rental first: a great 4 bedroom house with a jacuzzi!
Plenty of room for visitors!
We had a babysitter twice last week so we could celebrate our 6 year anniversary and have some last meals here in NYC. Saturday we went to Apiary. Chef Scott Brian (from Veritas & Indigo) gave us an incredible tasting menu. And Harper slept the entire time we were gone! Whoo hoo!
Monday we went to Le Bernardin for an incredible meal. I'm so glad we were able to get in and experience Chef Eric Ripert's amazing seafood...Heaven.
Afterwards we went to Rudy's Bar where Nate and I shared our very first kiss. It's still a dive. It still gives away free hot dogs with purchase. It still has a giant pig guarding the entrance.
Harper did well with our babysitter, Susan. She woke up for a bit, so at least Susan got a chance to say Hi and Good-bye. We'll be sad to leave Susan behind. She's really connected with Harper.

We'll be sad to leave NYC and all our friends here. But we're looking forward to spending lots of time with Carrie and Tim (college friends of Nate) and their boys, Will & Nick. They're almost like family. Will & Nick really seem to like Harper. They play well with her and Harper loves to see older kids who have mastered the skills she's just now trying out (walking, talking, etc.)

Nick, Harper, & Will

Where's the baby?

Harper is babbling away. I'm sure it's actual conversation to her... She's mastered dada, mama, and nana. It all started with blah, buah and bah, but we don't hear that as often anymore.
She's still a fan of the raspberry and what we have dubbed 'the elephant'. She very specifically does a version of a 'motor boat' when she doesn't like something. She'll say nana often when she's lost something (namely her pacifier) or is otherwise dissatisfied. She speaks dada when she's just hanging out and happy. And, of course, mama is uttered when she needs comforting or is looking for her favorite person. ;) I'm not saying she's using language deliberately yet, but it is pretty amazing to see that natural language instincts follow what the latin based world has adopted.

Harper loves to stand and walk. If you try to sit her up, she inevitably goes all the way up. I call it 'the waterskiier'. She pulls herself up to stand now using the arches of playgym. She pulls herself up to stand using pretty much anything. Her crib went down to the lowest level just in time.
She is crawling commando style, but bets are still being taken as to whether she'll crawl or walk first.
She is a happy kid. She can wave hello (by either sticking her hand out in the general direction and/or slapping her thigh) to new friends. She give big droolly, open mouth kisses. She loves her mommy. She loves her daddy. She loves peek-a-boo.
And she loves to have a laugh-off. She laughs, you laugh. You laugh, she laughs. It's a fun time.


Harper is eating solid food now. She's a great eater. Just like her mommy. No doggy bag for her! She's friends with pears, apples, bananas, carrots, prunes, peaches, raspberries, oatmeal, rice, toast, guacamole. She's had very limited experience with adult food, mostly just sucking on apple, melon & celery. Nate and I are little paranoid to start finger foods, but we keep trying new pureed items. Harper is decidedly NOT a fan of peas. As a matter of fact, I tried to give her chicken and veggies tonight. I didn't realize til it was too late that there were peas in there. She did the motorboat, gagged repeatedly and then vomited all over the place.
Don't know if it was the peas or the chicken fat, but I think we'll cool it on both for a while.

There's is so much more to be said about the move and life with Harper, but as we're trying to get our apt packed up, say good-bye to NYC and as many people as we possibly can. I have such small sips of time to sit at the computer, upload photos/videos. Hopefully the photos/videos will speak the volumes I cannot.

American Baby Models have a playdate: Meridian, Eva & Harper

Harper & Dori (they're getting so big!)

Harper & her Italian boyfriends: Elio & Leo

Family picnic at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Harper is starting to crawl

Harper is starting to crawl...

Breakfast with Harper

Have breakfast with Harper!

this week...i've lost count...

Apologies to anyone who checks this blog regularly. Since we've returned from Cali, I just can't seem to stay on top of all the cute things Harper has started to do...
So I'm going to deviate from my regular format and hope that some day I'll return to cataloging week by week, but that's just not now.
California was awesome. Seeing all the kids was great. Having Harper spend a long weekend at the cabin with her two cousins, Drew (3) and Matthew (1)and their cousins (which might as well be her cousins too, since we've known their dad, Brent all our lives), Blake (6), Casey (4) & Scooter (2) was the best ever. the only thing better would have been if Brady, Brent's sister and my dear friend since I was 4 had been there with her son, Zachary. Then the whole gang would have truly been together. As it was, you'd think it'd have been mayhem having 6 kids 6 and under under the same roof, but it was sublime. Brent's kids are the sweetest and all the kids did great.
We went to the beach, BBQ'd hotdogs for lunch, went crock-a-dad (aka crawdad) fishing in the afternoon. Life was great. We all missed our spouses, but it was a sweet week regardless.
I hope we can make it annual thing.
This is the short version. I'm leaving out tons of dear friends and stories. I'll incorporate photos later, though they're already up at Picasa.
This video could not be left out though...

Big shout out to my friend Chrissy who flew in from LA and extended her stay. She's my best friend from college, yet I had no idea she was the kid-whisperer. She gave nature talks, help build forts, took dogs for runs...My god! She was truly amazing. I feel in love with her all over again.

Back in NYC, yes, we made it one piece. Nate was over-whelmed with how much Harper seemed to grow in two weeks. She's even more aware, she's quick on the draw, she's starting to get into crawl position, and she's starting to babble in syllables..."baba", "dada" we're still working on "mama". And she laughs if you laugh. Which is pretty awesome.

This week she had her first piece of toast. We sat on the living room floor and she had toast while I had toast with eggs. It was the first 'tea party' of many and it was one of the most incredible moments of motherhood thus far. Second only to lounging in bed and whispering back and forth to each other. Harper is going to be a great friend and it those moments when you are so sure of what the future has in store that you realize you are just where you are supposed to be and you are grateful for all you've been blessed with.

Harper has also started to bounce this week, spring with her legs from standing to sitting and back. She is pretty sturdy on her legs too. She may walk before she crawls! Well, she's doing her own version of crawling now...she uses her head instead of her arms to pull her body along. It's pretty funny. We've had to double her 'play area' to an area rug so she has something soft to crawl on.

This is the reason I decided to get up to date on this blog...

Harper can also do the stately Queen Elizabeth wave now. Not on cue, we're working on waving and kisses (right now she just presses her mouth to your face, like she wants to eat you). She spends a lot of time relishing all the skills she's acquired. We look forward to what's ahead of us while cherishing each and every moment of the here and now.
Speaking of...I have a baby who's sick of seeing her mommy at the computer...

Harper's 6 month check-up

Harper is growing well. She's 16 lbs, 12 oz (64th percentile) and 27" tall (92nd percentile). She's almost too big for her infant car seat!

26 & 27 Weeks: Going Back to Cali

Harper is becoming quite the Trans -Continental traveler. We made our second journey across this great country of ours sans Nate. Well...due to some crazy circumstances (an expired ID), he did end up coming to the airport with us and helped get us through security with the massive (and heavy) carry-on, the stroller, the boppy (a must when traveling with an infant), diaper bag, and of course, Harper. Harper hadn't sleep AT ALL the night before. I had been up since 2am. It was a rough start. And we were seated in the middle seat next to two very unlucky gentleman. I chatted up the flight attendants while trying to rock Harper to sleep in the back of the plane and as luck would have it, just before take off, one of them came over and said there were two empty seats at the back of the plane that we were free to move to after take off. This saved us.
My cousin, Patrick, works for Delta and used to work at SFO, so my mom dropped his name at the ticket counter and God Bless Richard, who let both my parents have gate passes and they greated us as soon as we came out of the jetway. Huge sigh of relief! We made the long flight to CA.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous. Each and every day. I forget how lovely it is to live in a place that is temperate pretty much year-round. Yes, you may need to layer, but there is not a whole lot of extreme hot or cold; certainly no mugginess. It was AWESOME. I realized how much of a genius I was to leave muggy NYC for two weeks. Leaving Nate behind was brutal, but at least he was now able to go on his annual golf trip with his college friends, so I hoped that would break up the time.
My parents were so excited to have some quality time with Harper. My sister and her family were up in Donner so it was just the four of us for the weekend. Saturday we caught up. Lazed in their beautiful backyard. Gave Harper a bath outside. Put her to bed a little early, given the time change. I went to be early too. My dad had installed black-out shades in my bedroom which was amazing. Harper slept from 6p til 2a!
When I switched on my phone to see what time it was, I got a text message from my best friend, Hannah...who was pregnant with her 2nd child and due to have a scheduled c-section on the 7th of August..."I think my water just broke"!, it said. How exciting! I get to be here when her second baby is born for two whole weeks, instead of two days! I went back to sleep, and when we woke up at 6a (yay, Harper! Good Sleep!) I discovered that baby H's arrival was moved up to 8:30 that morning. Texts flew back furiously between Wade (her husband) and me. Hannah even got snuck in a phone call before her epidural! It was so amazing to be in the same time zone as it was happening and know that I'd see them all before the end of the day. For someone who lives across the country for nearly everyone nearest and dearest to her, this meant the world.
Sunday Mom, Dad, Harper and I strolled down B'game Ave and went to see a Beatles Tribute Band and have a picnic in the park. It was a lovely way to spend the day. When the music was done, Harper went back to the house with my parents and I jetted off to meet Grady Patrick, 6lbs, 13 oz (a bit smaller than his older brother who was 9lbs, 2 oz when he was born two weeks early). When I arrived, it was just Hannah and Grady in the hospital room. He was such a little peanut! You forget how little they are when they're brand new! Wade and Ethan (the big brother) arrived just after me. Ethan was very sweet with his little brother. Kept wanting to see "my baby." I was so thankful for that afternoon.

The next two days my Mom worked, I shuttled back and forth to the hospital while Dad babysat H and we prepped to drive to the mountains. Tuesday night we drove over to Kristie's and had a great dinner with Harper's cousins. The night took a scary turn when Matthew bonked his head on a chair and promptly got a big goose-egg on his temple. But within the hour and a unrealized trip to the ER, all was fine and Mom, Dad, Harper and I were on our way to Donner...in two cars, because of all the stuff we had... exersaucers and strollers take up a lot of space!
Donner was amazing! I was so excited for Harper to be there for the first time. For those of you who don't know, my family has had a cabin there since 1979 and my entire childhood is filled with summers (and some winters) up there. The lake is fairly small. Only 3 miles long, 1 mile wide.
..to be continued...

25 Weeks: Some Like It Hot

Harper does. Her tea, her baths, her bottles. It's pretty amazing. She'll shoo it away until its as warm as she likes.
The girl can stand the heat. Which bodes well for the hours she'll (hopefully) spend as sous chef in the kitchen.

Harper is officially sitting up! She also, as her Grandparents Miles pointed out on Skype, starting to grow hair finally.

Watch her show off her new skills!

Not much other to tell about this week. Most of it was spent prepping for our big trip to California. Monday night I did get to spend out: Nate watched Harper and I headed to Midtown for a fundraiser for the show I've helped developed that is debuting at Cherry Lane Theatre for the NYC Fringe Festival. For The Love of Christ is not for the prim nor the proper, but it is a smart comedy which centers around the question, when Christ said, "Love your Brother as yourself," did he mean literally?

It was a fun night out with my dear friends, Ben & Heather. It was a success. I even won tickets to see Next to Normal on B'way from the raffle!

24 Weeks: Adventures in Babysitting

This was the week of Baby-Sitting! I covered two yoga classes and we had our dear friend, Will, come to town Saturday night. So...Harper, meet Susan. Susan, meet Harper. Susan is a college friend of Julee's from KU. She works at Bloomies and therefore has some odd week-days and evenings free. Susan is great for Harper. She's very involved at playtime. ... And she's very calm and assured, which is great for me. It was important for me to have the same person do all three days so we didn't repeat the Houston debacle...lesson learned...have H at least be familiar with the babysitter before leaving her for three hours.
Monday Susan was here from 8am til 11am. Tuesday Harper accompanied me to a casting for Lunesta. Wednesday Harper accompanied me to get my hair done and was the rage of the salon. "So big!" "So alert!" "So pretty!" The compliments came all day long. Harper was a trouper as she sat patiently during the two shampoos and was passed around the staff during the cut. Thursday Harper spent the whole day with Susan from 8:30am til 2pm... I got to grab lunch and a mani/pedi! How indulged am I?! Friday we rented a zipcar and drove to Union City for a Hasbro casting for me, which we snuck H into as well. They were looking for new moms and 6month+ babies who could sit up unassisted...and well, H looks 6 months and she can sit for 1-2 seconds without falling over, so good enough...now she's in the file for Hasbro and BabiesRUs!
Saturday was the big day. Or night, we should say. Susan came straight after work, got there by 7:30. We fed H, thought about putting her down for the night hopeful that she would sleep until we got home at midnight, then thought better. We hoped H would be in bed by 8. 8:30 I made the mistake of texting to see how it was going. NEVER DO THIS! Let the sitter call you!
"She's a little bit fussy, but she doesn't seem interested in sleep" was the text back. It made me laugh out loud. This is my daughter...she doesn't seem interested in sleep...she really doesn't. She plays happily as long as she's engaged. It could be worse. Way worse.
Still, I was alarmed, because though she doesn't act like she's interested, she does need her sleep. Nate went out and called Susan, told her to bounce on the side of the bed with H cradled in her arms, holding on to her outer hand (which we've dubbed the stone crab claw) and gaze into her eyes. (Don't know why, but if you look into her eyes, she shuts them...look away and they spring open...she's extra-sensory.)
She was out within 10 minutes. "Worked like a charm." I was so relieved to read that.
Of course, she woke up when we got home. But that was fine. Overall it was a success. And though we didn't quite have the sparkling adult conversation we wanted to (because we were both a little preoccupied and obsessed with how things were going at home), we did have a successful night away and hopefully it's one of many more to come.
Right about now, I'm longing to have family close, so we could practice this more often.

Harper continues to work on her vocal repetoire. This week: Squealing. She can now sit up by herself (for up to 5 seconds) and she continues to work on her 'standing'.

And now...we boogie...

23 Weeks: Ladies who Lunch

I forgot to mention 4th of July weekend! Wow, last week was busy. We went a barbeque in Park Slope with some friends from my old band. It was a pretty mellow affair. We were home and in bed by the time the fireworks started, which was fine because they switched them over to the Hudson River this year, so we couldn't see them anyway. Sunday we headed over to NJ to hang out with Pete and Tara by their pool. We never got H in the pool, but she did sit up unassisted for one or two seconds.

Bedtime Story: Think Like a Chef

Look! No Hands!

Harper seems to have turned into an Elephant this week. Here she is showing off her new skills and soaking the front of her dress.

Harper, the Pachyderm

H has really been into grabbing her feet this week. Whether lying down or sitting in her stroller she seems to go into Happy Baby Pose. Monday afternoon we were hanging out in the backyard and she looked up to the sky when she heard a helicopter. I was impressed... Don't know that she knew it was a helicopter, but she's keenly aware of where sounds come from. Tuesday we were strolling down the street and I peeked to see if the sun was in her eyes, it wasn't...she was holding up her crinkle book to block the sun. She's a genius. :)

Wednesday we borrowed a car (Thank you, Elizabeth & Andy) and headed up to CT for the afternoon. This was Harper's first visit to Auntie Sari's house since she was born. She was an instant hit with Sari's cats, it was very sweet to see them all checking her out. H ate, we changed diapers and cars and drove with Sari, Joan and Debbie to Madison to Ann's for lunch. (Wwax family trivia: Ann went to SMU with Kristie's Mother-in-law! They were in the same sorority.)
It was a lovely lunch. Sari has the best girlfriends in the world. They are all so much fun. Always game for a good time and always doing for each other. It was fun to induct Harper into this circle. Everyone was impressed with her smiles ,her table manners and her love of 'walking' at just five months old.

Thursday H was in great humor. We had lots of fun with laundry and ribbons (who needs toys?!?). Later that night I got a well needed night out with my friends, Ben & Heather. (Thank you, Nate!)

Ribbons in the Sky Keep Me Laughing

This whole week Harper has been sleeping like a champ. Sunday night she managed to talk herself to sleep. Monday was tough. We let her cry for a long while, but eventually she dropped off and slept soundly through the night. Tuesday was better. Wednesday not a peep. I could get used to this...

Saturday we met up with our friends, Julee (Carrie's sister) and Brad and went to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and then had a picnic in the park. It was a beautiful day. We always have a great time with Julee & Brad. I wished the day would never end.

Sunday we had brunch in our backyard with some of my friends from my old band. We got to introduce the newest member, Dori to the crew. It was so good to see everyone...bittersweet too, Elizabeth & Andy are leaving NYC next month to move to Denver.
It's finally getting to be summer here in NYC. Such a dilemma...get out and enjoy the day or let H get her nap in... I have a feeling all these days about town are about to kick us in the teeth.