Cleveland ROCKS!

The three of us made great timing, arriving around 6 PM. We only made four brief stops - two of which were to yank Adam off the CAR SEAT and chain him up to the front seat. He loves his Lucy! One of the stops involved a breathing check to make sure my Sleeping Beauty was okay - she did not make a peep.

Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Bruce welcomed us with open arms. Needless to say, the entire week involved showing Lucy off to some of the people that I love most. Lucy met Caroline, Amy, Aunt Margie, Uncle Harold, Rita, Bruce, Hannah, Craig, Rachel, Brittany, Josh, Tammy, Sydney, Drew, Alex, Julie, Rochelle, Susan, Kevin, Ashley, Scarlet, Stephanie, Jeff, Margie Rotman, Diane, Katie, Michelle, Brian, and more. What a labor of love.

Lucy wants to move to Cleveland. I told her it is not possible. We'll go every other month instead.

Lucy developed tremendously while in Cleveland. She smiled much more often, grabbed something for the first time (still not sure if it was on purpose) and said her first words, "I miss Daddy." Well, all but the last is true.

It was the first time that I did not feel like a teenager in my home. As I held Lucy in the mirror of the room I grew up in, I felt just that...grown up. It made me think about all the trips that I took to NJ to visit MY mom's childhood home. I wondered if my mom felt like I did. And then it dawned on me...Mom and I often watched "I love Lucy" before bed in HER old twin size bed.

Here are some highlights from Lucy's first trip "home." I hope she loves Cleveland as much as I loved NJ.