Had brunch this morning with Bouff and baby Eloise and Shafer and baby Georgie – what a treat to see their baby girls. Gracie came with me and I was struck again by how big and grown up she has become, seemingly overnight. See above: top is Georgie, Gracie, Eloise, and bottom is Grace’s first day of life.

“I lean over, and remember
the first days of our daughter’s life
when I bent double over her cradle
as she slept, my tears odd, wild,
tropical spots on the cot-sheet
I swore to her I’d raise her until in her strength she could leave me.”
(Sharon Olds)