numerically speaking

11 - days Grandma Nancy spent with us in Brooklyn.

2 - visits each to Paper Source and Paper Presentation.

2 - visits to Fishs Eddy where

3 - lovely plates to add to my collection were purchased.

1- trip (by car, not bus!) to New Jersey, requiring a total of

4 - bridge crossings, which cost an astronomical

25 - dollars round trip to do.

5 - relatives visited while in the Garden State for

1 - Memorial Day barbeque and dip in the neighborhood lake where

2 - pale, blond little boys took to the water like fish (even Caleb, who this year finally realized the merits of water recreation on hot summer days).

1 - diagnosis of infant acid reflux, requiring

3 - daily doses of an antacid, creating

1 - much happier baby Matthew who suddenly started demonstrating

dozens - of attempts to start smiling, in spite of himself.

1 - birthday celebrated (by Grandma), which meant we made and consumed

1 - delicious gateau au chocolat. (Thanks, Deborah, for the recipe!)

1 - attempt to win lottery tickets to see Newsies on Broadway.

0 - tickets won (bummer), resulting instead on

1- table for

2 - at Penelope (yummers).

20 (give or take) - times we watched the new trailer for the film adaptation of the musical Les Miserables.

3 - times we sat down in front of YouTube to swoon over the awesomeness of Hugh Jackman, who will be playing Jean Valjean.

6 - long months until its theater release.

6 - days of sweltering humidity where we wished we'd had the foresight to have already installed our

2 - a/c units, followed by

5 - days of much cooler, much lovelier, and, occasionally, much rainier weather.

99(+) - awesome photos snapped by our friend, Adam, of Matthew and our now bigger family.

1- beautiful baby blessing.

2 - good-byes --

1 - to Emily, and

1 - to Mom when her visit sadly had to come to an end. Only

5 - more months until we get to see her again for her annual October visit to Brooklyn.