The Most Perfect Moment of My Life (So Far...)

Of course I love the big, happy moments like the day we were married and the births of our babies.  Sometimes, though, I feel like they are so over-the-top exciting and emotional that I can't quite put my head around the actual joy in the moment.  It is an omg-what-is-happening I-can't-keep-up kind of happy.  That is why sometimes the sweet spots in an ordinary day are easier for me to feel the complete contentment and profound gratitude for this life I live.

Who: all of us.

What: grocery shopping

When: Sunday afternoon.

Where: Trader Joe's

Why: hungry mouths to feed

We pretty much never grocery shop together anymore - it is all Divide And Conquer for the past couple years.  But we needed groceries and wanted to spend some time as a family and there you have it.

So, we are on our way home and Roscoe and Luka are talking, er, communicating in the back seat.  Roscoe faces forward on the end and Luka faces backward in the middle of the back seat.  They pretty much can't help but look at each other.  Luka thinks Roscoe is the Bees Knees and is smiling repeatedly at him for no other reason than sheer adoration.  Roscoe eats it up and keeps touching her hand gently saying "ah, funny" with a massive grin on his face.  Then THE MOMENT.  Roscoe (of his own volition) says,


"I love you, Luka."


I melt into a heap of warm fuzzies on the front seat and the water works start.  Ray looks at me because he knows I am dying of happiness inside (and he secretly wants to blubber away, too, I just know it).  Roscoe repeats himself and I forget every tantrum he has ever thrown.  Angels sing.

And, then, you know, real life resumes.

No matter what else happened this past week (ahem, back to work, food poisoning, job interview, flight to LA for meeting that got canceled...), that moment is the only one that matters.

2 Months!

That's it?  Seems like our little Lu-berry has been around forever.  See if you can resist her cuteness:

In the skirt Nani got her:

Her first stroller ride:

This is what her hair looks like straight out of the bath.  Then from turning side to side it quickly morphs into her signature faux-hawk:

Pop ya collar!  Showing off her uber-adorable jacket:

2 month photos:

The Sweet Bits

I could talk about the mundane - Ray's new job (he likes it quite a bit even though it is longer hours and longer commute), me starting back at work (let's just pretend that is not happening), the daily routines... or I could take a moment to jot down the sweet bits that make every whiny tantrum and every midnight cry worth it.

* Roscoe is perfecting his gentleman manners and teaching his little sister already.  He gave Luka one of his toys the other day and said "thanks" (on her behalf) and then responded (on his own behalf) with "welcome."

* For some reason Roscoe says "peekaboo" as "ugaboo" and I. love. it.

* Another Roscoe-ism I can't get enough of is when he likes something he exclaims with glee "yummy yummy good!"  I think that is the best compliment I have received on my cooking (he is a tough critic, let me tell you).

* Roscoe has also  been working on his hide-n-seek skills.  He can now count to two (as he is walking) while covering his eyes (and peeking).  His idea of hiding includes kneeling in front of the window or laying in front of the couch.  We'll work on that.

* Today Luka woke up before Roscoe and I got her dressed.  When Roscoe woke up and saw her he was so excited to see that she was wearing a skirt and (with a huge smile) yelled "rina!" (ballerina) and "I like!"  So cute.

* Luka has been practicing spending time out of our arms.  Although my back could use the break, I can't say I mind that much.  Time goes by so quickly and how can I resist this little angel face?

Siblings

I didn't think Roscoe and Luka looked that much alike until I ran across a couple of old photos of his.  Ray had a good point, though, when he observed that they look more like each other than they look like either one of us!  What do you think?

And just because they are too cute, here are a few more pics thrown in...