C'mon!

On Saturday morning this week, Aidan climbed into bed with Mommy and Daddy to snuggle while we all took our time waking up. He reached over for the reassurance of my hair, saying "I [want] your hair, Mommy". Apparently, he didn't quite get enough of it in his fist the first time, so he tried again, but got frustrated again. This time he responded loudly, "C'mon, Mommy! Give me your hair!" (Daddy and I couldn't help but laugh.)

We had a pretty decent week this week, but Aidan really missed Daddy while he was at his conference in Atlanta (Saturday-Thursday). Fortunately, Daddy was able to surprise us by getting home a few hours early on Thursday night, in time to see Aidan before bedtime! It was a wonderful surprise.


On Friday, we took Aidan out of daycare early (after lunch), and all drove up to the Catskills for a weekend together with Grandma and Grandpa Ruane. We had a great time! It was wonderful to all be together again, and Mommy had just sent of a draft of her dissertation conclusion chapter, so she was in fantastic mood. While we were up there, we made yummy Laurenza pasta sauce (Daddy's family's special recipe for meat sauce and pepper sauce), visited the chickens, had tea with Marguerite & Nadir, and got to play with Sebastian (a 7 year old boy who Aidan was thrilled to hang out with). It was nice! We came home at naptime on Sunday in time to watch the football game with our friends on the 6th floor (Aidan played with Jakob while Daddy watched the game and Mommy hung out with friends), and caught Nana and Pop-pop Ross before dinner & bed routine. We are all so happy when we can all enjoy each other, all together. :)