yesterday

yesterday we said goodbye to alex's grandma mae.  she was a very special lady, and this is the first death that penny's going to remember.  we took her out of school and milo out of daycare so we could attend the service and sit shiva together, and penny was pretty incredible.  she and the rabbi are now friends, alex held her while he spoke at the graveside, and penny got to learn all of the best hide and seek spots at the house.  it was an appropriately gloomy and cold day, but it was as full of laughter and family as i hope mae would have wanted.
speaking of, while i was changing milo's diaper in the bedroom, this happened for the first time:

this is the first of many laughs to come, i hope, and i hope i'm there for lots of them!