the return of cat?

maybe...

but if there were ever a reason to start posting again, even if temporarily, it would be to show off my adorable niece and nephew, whose adorable-ness cannot be expressed by a person who uses words like adorable-ness.

i didn't get to spend too much time with these guys during my short stay in new york but this is what i learned:

ryan (1 1/2) cries. that is how he expresses himself.

joie (3 1/2) uses her words and is arguably more articulate than ... is it i or me?

this may have been one of the only times ryan smiled for me, so i tried to get in as many pictures as possible: