the perfect fall day

i called in sick for real yesterday. just got back from deleware for baby isaiah's first birthday. i love indian food. kids were good on the plane. i was so out of it, though. we took a really small puddle jumper back from detroit to lansing. luci and i had the front 2 seats. hey! upgraded to first class! then i realized all the seats were 2-seaters. gary was giving me the even smiling stare, which meant he knew what i was thinking before i said anything. i love that even after the kids and crazy schedules we can still think each other's thoughts. like when we were trying to cross airport pedestrian traffic with the kids and bags and no one was stopping. we were both playing frogger in our minds.

luci was telling her lola and lola, "my daddy is going to be an angel for halloween. he is going to carry a sword and a shield, like the 'good knight' (from little einsteins). he is going to be St. Michael." it's funny how much she picks up from what we off-handedly mention. since it was 71 blessed degrees we took pictures in the yard with lijah in his pumpkin outfit, looking stoic. and luci, in her angel costume, running circles around the maple tree until she tripped and fell. can't wait to upload them...

also had 7 blessed hours of non-stop sleep, after lijah the cujo baby stopped chasing after my flesh to bite anything within reach. gary was keeping him on a slack tether. funny he'll bite anything but my boob.