It is not the length of life.....

It is not the length of life,

but the depth.

July 31, 2015 - New York

Monkey,  today Papa and I have been married 7 months.....

We don't celebrate with big gifts or fancy dinners.....

We celebrate with moments.....

We have been blessed to have traveled the world but our hearts always bring us back to New York.....

With 36 hours between Papa's trips to Dublin, Ireland and Reykjavik, Iceland 

we stole a few moments.....

together.....

in New York.

As you grow older and make your way in the world Monkey, there will be a few women

you will look up to and admire.....

they are fierce, they are strong, and they've "done it their way".

You are one of the lucky ones to be able to call some of these women "family".

Your Aunt Karen is fierce, she's strong, she did it "her way", and she is Papa's baby sister.....

You'll love her and you'll admire her but you won't share her clothes - I have first dibs on those : )

She'll show you New York as only a "New Yorker" can.....

She'll stroll the streets of Paris with you.....

and she will love you to the moon and back.....

Monkey, you are the next generation of this families story, and we are all so excited to be meeting you so very soon.