Memorial Weekend

I love summer. "Summer has always belonged to children," a recent Audi commercial proclaims. Summertime does call up childhood memories of those "endless summer nights," but not in the Richard Marx sort of way. More like playing out in the pool with friends and cousins, summer camps, bbqs with friends, riding our bikes around the neighborhood after futile summer school classes...

On the East Coast, Memorial Day Weekend unofficially kicks off the summer season. Many of our friends are at the Hamptons or the 'Shore (Jersey) this weekend. Either they told me or I see it on their Facebook updates. It just feels like summer is starting. Many companies in Manhattan have "summer hours," although that has never been relevant to folks in my department. For some reason, Memorial Day Weekend doesn't have the same symbolism or feel here on the West Coast. And most people don't have "country homes" or go away for the weekend. It's probably because the weather is relatively mild all year round, and everything is pretty chill anyway. There isn't really a "marker" between seasons. Well, I guess there aren't really "seasons" here. We used to joke that we were going to the "country home," whenever we left NY to visit our parents in LA. So what is the L3 clan doing this long weekend? Nothing - eating, sleeping, and other digestive processes that I won't mention. Can you believe Lina is three weeks old? Like most things in life, it has gone by really fast and really slow. One more week, and the two ladies will be free from house arrest and will be able to go out again into the world!

The last few days have been a bit insane. Every time we think we have a pattern nailed down, the little critter changes things up. Last night was a bit better - she slept from 2am to 7:30am - almost a five and a half hour session, which is huge for this age. The few nights before that were really challenging - hellish, to be more accurate. Thank goodness we have family like Em/Jon and friends like John/Grace and Tim/Grace to give us tips and advice and generally just commiserate with us. Anyway, besides the crazy sleep schedule, we have been really enjoying Lina. It's amazing to see her personality start to come out. Here are some more pictures of our baby...