something i will miss

we have been on the go a lot lately while the condo is in various stages of deconstruction and annie has been finding new ways of transporting our portly son. notice how he is so hungry he is eating a cell phone.

the second cousins menconi: the first time this whole group has ever been together


the menconi clan: it's been almost 10 years since this group has been together. there was way fewer kids last time.

isaac learned to skateboard and of course loved it

rhett, isaac and brighton kicking it in the parking lot

anne deggleman came to visit. we ate at panera where isaac eats a whole kids grilled cheese by himself.

clear the roads

i took the pregnant girl to prom (aka. our friends chris and thia's wedding)

drew, clara, isaac and i at the favorite: chevy's happy hour

so last night isaac joined us in bed at 3:30am. it's a rare case, yet one we sometimes resort to when he wakes up screaming, presumably in pain or in fear. there are times he goes straight back to sleep real easy like, then there are others, like last night, where he struggles to get comfortable by getting up on all fours and repeatedly bumping his forehead into the headboard, laying back down and steamrolling both of us with appendages flailing , and, my personal favorite, using his chubby little fist to claw at your eye socket. i am not sure if he does this to annie or not, but there are times when i wake up and five little fingers are working their way into my ocular cavity, pinching as they go. as much as this frightens and hurts me, i think it is something i will miss at some point in my life.

i imagine it is not nearly as cute to have your child sleep with you when he is 23 as when he is 1, regardless of whether or not he has learned to keep his hands to himself as he sleeps. at some point there will be a permanent ban on him in our bed, lest it becomes an unhealthy habit that takes us months to break. but for now it can be pretty sweet b/c there are times when he is sleeping on his side, blissfully unaware of the world around him, his little chest heaving and falling, making muffled sleeping noises like dori in finding nemo, and you just want to wrap your arm around him like he is a living body pillow and squeeze him to your chest. but if you do, be careful, or you might just end up looking like a cyclops.