oh *my* July

i want to take this post to

express

all my

*gratitude*

to my

wonderful

July

*

i truly truly love you.

*

the ribs*steak*burger BBQs,

hot hot sun,

cool pool lounge days,

days on the beach with

the sand on my elbows, knees, & feet,

the sticky blanket of humidity,

the lawn torches,

the peeling sunburned flaky skinned backs,

pulsating jiggly thighs in the short short shorts,

the scorching cement,

i love you.

for so much more,

all of you, July, i love you.

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here's some more snaps

that came with July this year:

[everything

--from the curls, to the smile, to the belly, to the bikini that matched her mommy's, to the floatie--

just makes me wanna die]

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getting SPFed:

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he's putting all that hot air to good use
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a froggy in his froggy floatie
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drawin' wit' CHAWK...[how we do on POOL DAY]
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Max,
doin' his
G.T.D.
*
Gym,
Tan...
...Diaper-change.
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oh, what? ya didn't know?

crayons & stickers

[*also* what we be doin' on POOL DAY]
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mommy, Jamina.

baby-honey, Max.

[remember his radio jam-session]

Sangria, by me.
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Tomas,

as the grilla killa.

*

do dem ribs right, boy.

do dem ribs right.

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chiiiiiLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLin'

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ScubaTome & Berlin

tell me you wouldn't wanna smooch them both??

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video:

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little-girl sandals kicked off on the lawn

{deep sigh}

...SuMMeR SuMMeR...

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how the night ended:

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POOL DAY was closely followed by BEACH DAY:

the boyf

had

to stop at

KFC

because

they do

"chicken"

right.
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little miss Berlin, on the sand.

Robert Moses beach.

we like.

we like.
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Tomas watering Max.

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crispy fried "chicken".

cold beer.

beach.

boyf.

multi-colored umbrellas.

sun.

July.

love.
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bucket hat.

[Max couldn't see unless he looked down his nose,

and placed the cheeks at an angle of full force fullness.]

love those cheeks.

these were the clouds that rolled in the rain.

total bummer.

it was followed by three hours in traffic to get home.

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July, i still *love* you.

See you next year.

you're forever in my heart...through the fall, and the [fuckin'] winter.

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time to love your sister, August.