ari comes home!

who would have thought sending your 9 (& 1/2) month old kid away for a week would be so hard?! weird. i couldn't wait to see ari on monday when i picked him up from the airport. i dare say he was a wee bit excited as well. he kept hugging me, looking up at me, smiling really big, and then hugging me, and cycling through that routine all the way to the baggage claim... i don't think we'll be doing that again for awhile. maybe i'll make him wait until he's 10 before he can sleep over at his friends' houses, like my parents made me!

ari, where areyou?

as if ari actually sleeps in his crib...
ari is down in texas for the week, visiting his great-grandma moore and grandmommy & grandad. he flew on the plane from portland to slc and then to san antonio like an old pro. apparently, he found that he is quite talented with opening and closing the window shades. such a genius. i will be working and studying this week, ari-less. it will be very sad and lonely, but perhaps productive. i miss his tight little hugs and sharp kisses (even though they hurt) already!