Saying Goodbye
This is one of my favorite photos of KK and Koa.
This evening, KK heard a dog barking outside and said “That’s not Koa, right?” I said “You’re right, that’s not Koa”. Then she followed up with “It’s because Koa’s dead and I didn’t get to say goodbye before he died”. It took me aback since today is the 3rd anniversary of his passing. After a long pause, I told her “No, you actually did say goodbye at the hospital.” She looked confused so I found this old video that we took before we let him go.
https://youtu.be/Sovj0Ns60XI
She watched it, giggled a little, and said “Oh.” I’m not sure how well she remembers him but she always talks about him. KK turned 4 1/2 years old today and each half-birthday for KK will always leave a bittersweet feeling for me.
https://youtu.be/fh3BAmLXdlY
He left us on the day she turned 18 months old and I will never forget that day – especially when we came home without him that afternoon. I’m so glad that KK had some quality time with him but sad that he couldn’t stick around to meet Peanut. They would have had so much fun together.
New Watch
My birthday gift finally arrived in the mail today! It was easy to sync to my iPhone and I’ve already replied to a text message using Scribble. Can’t wait to try it out at work tomorrow. It can track my activity, heart rate, and allows me to receive texts, emails, and calls on it too. There’s also a camera remote app that should be fun to use later. The best part is that it’s waterproof. Won’t have to worry about it getting wet while I wash my hands over and over again at work.
S’mores Party
This year, instead of having McWino Night for my birthday, I reserved two picnic tables and a fire pit at SPARK Social SF. We loaded up on food truck food and sangrias before our tasty treat.
The tables were free and the fire pit was only $30 for an hour, which included all the marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers, and sticks you would need for some a tasty s’mores party.
It was also fun to see the kids playing together. I love how they are growing up together.
The fire pit had just the right amount of heat to roast the marshmallows and KK had a blast roasting and eating her marshmallows straight off the stick.
It was so nice to have the girls together outside of work. It’s been rather stressful there lately and we just needed some time away to vent and hang out like old times.
After the party was over, we walked home with a souvenir stick with two marshmallows saved for later. I considered it my birthday balloon to take home. 🙂
Happy Birthday to ME!!!
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