florida, the yesterweeks

we're here and it's warm and the air smells like spring!

peek


fonz

golden girl?
the bottom of this pool was sweet, soft and zoey wanted to eat it, she actually bent over all the time and sucked up the water (which was fresh from the shower, yum!)

me and mimi

they wouldn't let me ride on the horse with her :( she looks very old in this picture

alicia and zoey

the pool was lovely, especially as seen from a hippo float

sweet morning looks

i've never seen someone so peacefull swinging in a swing

2nd cousin once removed jocelyn in the background

my rainstick

i know it's blurry (weird camera issues) but aren't the kids so cute? cousins kids

cutest face ever on dear christian

unlce mike LOVES LOVES LOVES zoey

gimme that cheerio

piano

cousin mary being super cool!

cankles

gq


airplane angst

she slept

the doll

toward the end almost home

yoohoo

somewhere between florida and boston

zoey and i went to visit mimi (my mom) in florida for a week recently. i'm lucky that my mom misses zoey so much and will fly me to the warmth in the middle of the wait for spring up here. still, sad she doesn't live closer. we arrived to the sweet smells of spring, flowing in our window in our room. zoey didn't sleep much, but never really does, or i should say, she does, just not longer than 4 hours at a time and usually 1 to 2 hours at a time. cest la vie. it was worth the plane ride, even though i'm somewhat phobic of the giant metal beasts. we got 3 seats to ourselves on the way back too! i recommend flying air tran airways, on a tuesday midday. although, a lot of other kids were on the same plane, and i felt bad for the people having to listen to all the fussing around them. zoey didn't fuss until she fell off the seat onto the floor. yes, i admit it in front of you all, i took my hand away for a second and she plummeted head first onto the floor, i was taking a picture out of the window and turned around in horror to see her do that thing i've seen kids do when they fall where their head hits first and their body bends back over. it looks like the world is ending, to a mom. she screamed for a while. EVERYONE on the plane heard, but no one turned and gave us looks, which was very kind of them. i felt like the worst person ever and said i'm sorry about 500 times to the poor sweet unsuspecting munch. so, now i am much much more careful. she is mobile, even though she can't crawl. above is the proof that she was okay physically and mentally, thank God, shortly after letting the crying out.
and we got home, to boston, where it was almost night so we didn't have to look at the grayness of the leafless trees and dirty salt covered highway guardrails. AND we got to see eric and daddy again so that was awesome.