Little Baby PAW: cousins

We had a surprise party to celebrate Bapa's birthday on August 16th. We had to be careful not to talk about it much in front of you, because even though we never told you directly about the surprise, you clearly picked up on little conversations about it. And a couple times you said things like, "Bapa's birthday...tip toe, tip toe, roar! Happy Birthday!" I got a little concerned that you may be the one who ruined the big surprise. But it went off without a hitch. And even Baby Will showed up and surprised us all!

We had a fun weekend with Baby Will. You loved playing with toys with him and giving him hugs and kisses. You were a little sad that he doesn't hug back yet, but you talk about how he's getting bigger and will hug you next time.

We spent a week in Utah, mostly for Great Strides and for Mimi's 60th birthday party. Your cousin, Baby Will, ended up being in Salt Lake the same time we were because he has struggling too much with breathing at home, so they flew him to Primary Children's Medical Center. The first time we went to see him, he was still in the PICU and you were too young to visit him. You had a really hard time hearing this and you cried and cried that you wanted to see him. It broke my heart. Fortunately, that night he was stable enough to be moved to a regular room, and after dinner you got to visit him. You were so happy!

You spent a lot of time in the back yard, and in the neighbor's tree house this trip.

The fish pond at the hospital was being deconstructed while we were there, and the nice guy working on it brought you the bucket of fish to look at.

You love your little cousin so much. It amazes me and warms my heart to watch you, and to see you really understand than he's sick and that he can't play right now. And that we need to be quiet at the hospital. And that we need to wash our hands a lot and be careful when we touch him. You're just a little sweet heart and I'm really proud of you. A couple days before we left for Utah I was on the phone with Uncle T. I was learning new info about Baby Will and I was crying a lot. You overheard the conversation, and when I was done, you just looked at me for a minute. Then you said, "No more sad, Mom. Baby Will better soon."

The 5K we went to Utah for was a success, but a really rainy day. You stayed inside the ESA with Lulu and Mimi until it got started to you could stay dry. But you still had fun in the rain.

A couple of months ago, I asked you what we should do for Mimi's birthday, and you said, "Beach Birf-day!!" That same day I got a party catalog in the mail saying May was national Luau month. So we had a beach luau.