Happy MOTHER'S DAY, 2008!!!

My cell phone account appears to be cheaping-out now on the images, as they all come out small, and even fewer pixels (lower quality) than before... you can see how big I was INTENDING the pix in this 'blog to be, in the white border 'round the pix-- except for the one above, a classic from over a year ago of Naia and her Great Pals Ben and Haile-- from before this new stinginess of my fone-pix account...

At any rate, no less love (or time) was put into taking, collecting, and organizing this Mother's Day 'blog gallery-- for all the MotherZ in my life (and Gma's/ Aunties in Naia's... ; )



#1, of course-- Mom, I love you, Happy Mother's Day!!!!

#1A: Ana-- as Naia's mom, this 'blog's for you, Too!!!!! From both of us! (Though I did most of the work... : )

#1B (still in the "1" category-- Liane, my loving lovely stepMom, there to help raise us and let us help you raise Eric (whatever good THAT DID! J/K... : )

#2 Bonnie-- as Naia's other Gma, you're tops and great and deserve the Greatest (G)Mother's Day EVAH!

#2B (or not... way up there, anyway!)-- Auntie ReiRei-- for being such a Great Mom to (two of) Naia's Fave Cuz's, and such a Great Sister... tho' it's not Sister's Day (and there ain't one : ( -- I Salute You, and Love You!!!!

#2B.09 Leslie!!! -Mom, if you c'd fwd this to Les... 'dunno if I have her email address (still, again...)-- as mother of Naia's OTHER fave cuz, and the best stepsis I've ever had... Happy M.D.!!!

#2 Be, as in "To Be, in the future..." : ) -- Linda, thanks for being such an ExtraOrdinary Mother to Alexa-- You've Raised my Life's Great Love!! And done a Superb Job!!! Happy Mother's Day!!!

#3, 3A, B, C... Not MY mother or stepmother or ma inLaw or inLaw 2B, but some Mothers of Note nonetheless in my circle of fellow-parents... Satomi (Haile's mom), Maria (Ben and Leo's), Nancy (Mother to Casey and Jack, two of Naia's newest community friends (and "clients" of mine... : ), Marja (Kai's Mother), Cat (LEO AND JULIAN!! HEY GUYS!!!!)-- HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO Y'ALL!!!! YOU'RE RAISIN' GREAT KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : )

ANYway-- enuf words. Enjoy the pix (of Naia, flowers... SPRING!), delivered with love, from:

-DaddyZ
















PS A couple of notes on the pix:
*one showcases a pair of white high-heel shoes Naia coerced me into buying for her-- she LOVES 'EM, wears 'em everywhere it's plausible!
*the blurriest in the bunch, a not-before-sent foto of Naia up on the flying trapeze, sometime 'round December! Grace!
*the 2nd to last isn't too hard to see, but a word of context/ description: she's enjoying an ice cream cone at Rich's Farm, here in Connecticut, which is a dairy farm and produces its own (SUPERVERYGOODDELISHSCRUMPTIOUS!!!) ice cream, farm-fresh (and SO GOOD, if I didn't already get that across!)-- with some very creative toppings like Peanut Butter Sauce (YUM!).
*the last is hard to decipher, esp. being so small-- but very charming, so I'll describe: it's a pic from above of Naia and many other kids playing on the front stoop of her mom's apt. in Brooklyn... she's made so many friends in the 'hood, plays hopscotch, jump rope, hide-and-seek, mother-may-I, etc., for hours on end... just like kids ought! In this foto, she's in white at the bottom of the pic, gettin her nails done by some older n'hood girls. That was just this week, she's still got her nails (manicure AND pedIcure) done as of this publication... : )

Love to all, and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-DaddyZ