don’t that fine

i’m not sure if i’ve talked enough lately about the fact that OUR DAUGHTER IS HOME!

so, yeah she’s home. it’s been really really awesome to have her back here. i know, it’s just been a few days and we’ll all be ready to kill each other soon enough.

she and i drove down to columbia yesterday, home of more candor and hello kitty. we went to retrieve some pieces of concrete that hello kitty didn’t want, that came with the recent home purchase. by concrete i mean gargoyle bird bath, and a bench. angel sis called dibs on the bench and i’m sure you could’ve guessed my preference. (THE GARGOYLE BIRD BATH.)

originally, i’d asked daughter if she wished to invite her friend since he’s strong and all but she declined that offer due to her WANTING SOME ALONE TIME WITH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you know that is what mothers want their children to say, knowing full well that you cannot try and force that type of thing, rather let it happen naturally. i most like it when things happen naturally, without the intervention of the plans, designs, and simple manipulation from humans.

it was an awesome visit down to columbia, more candor had a book waiting for me that he knew i’d like. i so love that about him, he’s thoughtful and wicked smart.

that’s like the perfect thing a person can do pick out stuff they know you’d like. he ended up buying me a second book, one from my food sensitivity list. (they happened to have it at the book store he works for.) i love the book store he works for, it’s not a big commercial place and it’s just got that really awesome homey book lover feel to it.

as we drove back to our town, we stopped and picked up pizza and her favorite (mine too), the family eppy roll. this one place in our town KNOWS how to make a good pizza and an eppy roll. after that, we swung back to the crib so she could grab her suit and headed to the pool where the boys were. i sat and watched all of them swim for about an hour and it was a really peaceful experience for me.

i haven’t had many of those over the past few years, or else i’ve been unable to “catch” them just so.

**WARNING SAPPY STUFF COMING UP**
after the pool closed, we all headed home and ate at the dinner table. like we used to do before she left. i was able to take it all in, us four sitting there each of us a little older, and a little wiser and the feeling of love came over me.

i noticed luke looking up at his sister, barely taking his eyes off of her like she was a rock star. i told her that she was his rock star, explaining further that magical was my rock star.

the daughter looked at me, and said “you are my rock star”.

in the words of my dad, “don’t that fine”.

welcome home daughter.

more photos here.