5/24/09

we have some happy news and some sad news about sunday 5/24/09... the day started off great with a trip to NYC. it was the first day that broadway was closed off to cars -- it was amazing! we visited the american girl store, rode the ferris wheel at toys r us and saw mary poppins on broadway (an early bday present for chloe).

but later that night our dog casey died... we think his heart gave out as he had preliminary heart failure and had been on heart medication for over a year.... it happened after the girls were asleep so we told them the next morning (appropriately enough -- memorial day). they were very upset of course. casey had been part of our family for 8.5 years, about 1.5 years before chloe was born. we celebrated casey's life with a memorial service -- the girls wrote him letters and drew pictures, we each told our favorite memories of casey (and videotaped it)... jeff and the girls went shopping beforehand so we had flowers and chloe & amelia each received a new picture frame that said "i love my dog". the frames have a montage of 3 small pics so they each got to choose their 3 favorite casey pics for the frame. the first week was very difficult with sporatic tears but the girls are dealing with it much better now.... we still miss him very much.