Reunion

The very long day of travel to get to you, Juliet, disappears entirely once I see your face! I'm not tired any more, and I don't need anything else, like food or water. I just need to feel your baby skin, hold you, grin at you like an idiot, and marvel at all the new things you have learned since I was here last. Of course, I'm delighted to see your parents, too, but they are old hat compared to you. They're not getting cuter every day, and they're not learning new tricks all the time. Whereas you, dear girl, are doing both!

It was a long day of travel to get here. Aer Lingus is less expensive, but you do have a stopover in Dublin, and today we had a four hour layover. We did sleep on the flight, so at least we were relatively rested. It was beautifully sunny and warm in Paris, and after checking in at our hotel (with a nice surprise gift basket of coffee, water, cookies and chocolate from our son and daughter-in-law), we walked to the apartment. Our hotel is only about 8 blocks away, which will be nice during the week when we need to get to our baby-sitting gig by 8:00 A.M. or so.

Juliet was sleeping when we got there, but we managed to be just noisy enough to wake her. She has changed so much in just two short months! She's lost that "baby" look and has a, I don't know, look of an older baby, I guess. The look of a crawling baby, a grasping baby, a put everything in my mouth baby, an I know what I want and now I know how to go after it baby. She just looks older! Also wiser, prettier, hair a little less red, eyes darker than I remember, and constantly changing from blue to green to gray, a little plumper but not fat, fat, and still the same good-natured little girl.

We tired Juliet out with a nice long walk in a park new to us, Parc de la Planchette, not too far from the apartment. I'm sure we'll spend some time there this week. Then a lovely dinner with Juliet's parents (did I mention them?) as she had an early bed time today. Hope the little one can keep up with her grandparents! It's going to be a fun week, reconnecting with our granddaughter!