Today is a very sad day. Ten years ago the world as we know it was rocked when two planes flew into the Twin Towers in NYC, a plane flew into the Pentagon, and another that was headed for the Capitol crashed in a Pennsylvania field. The events of that day are to my generation what the Kennedy assassination is to our parents and what Pearl Harbor is to their parents. We watched some of the coverage on TV this morning and we remembered. It would have been easy to change the channel and act as if it were a normal Sunday morning but I think it was good be reminded of what a terrible day that was. I felt it was the least we could do to memorialize those who died that day. So we watched, we remembered, we were inspired by stories of heroism, and we cried. Having Emma around also brought in some new emotions. I don't quite know how to describe it but perhaps it was a type of sadness; a sadness that one day she'll understand some of the terrible things that happen in this world which will take away a piece of her innocence. I will say that I also felt a sense of patriotism and pride in the city of New York and the county for moving forward and rebuilding, perhaps even stronger. It is a day we will never forget.
Tomorrow will also be a sad day but for a very, very different reason. It's a day that we have tried not to think about for the past 12 weeks: Melissa's return to work :( The silver lining is that Emma will only be 3 blocks away from Melissa's work so she will be able to go visit her and feed her when she gets lonely. The other bright side is that Emma is so damn cute that all the day care ladies are going to love her and shower her with lots of attention. Tomorrow would be a good day to send Melissa some good thoughts.
I know we have lots of readers and followers in the state of Iowa. On Saturday everyone's true colors came out for the football game between the Cyclones of Iowa State and the Iowa Hawkeyes. I cheer for the cardinal and gold of Iowa State and Melissa is a die hard Hawkeye fan - we are a house divided! Somewhere during the middle of the game I thought to myself that we should have made a bet that the winner of the game gets to put a picture of Emma on the blog with their teams colors. It was a fantastic game, a triple overtime thriller. Had we made that bet, this is what the payout would have looked like:
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| Emma says, "Go Cyclones!" |
After the excitement of the Iowa State game we went Sarah, Dan, and John's house to celebrate Sarah's sister Mary's birthday. The entire Baby Bunch (formerly known as Pregnancy Posse) was there and we have the pictures to prove it. It was quite a site when we lined them all up on the couch for a photo shoot. The babies went down and the camera's went off. As you'll see from the picture below, these kids' lives are well documented.
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| Cole was the corner stone of the picture |
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| Cole in the back, Colin on the left, John in front and Emma on the right |
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| The paparazzi |
I know I teased this post with promises of baby pictures of Melissa and I. Standby, the email with my baby pictures has been misplaced. The pictures will be posted and comparisons made as soon as they are located.
With love,
The Minneapolis Burgarts
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