From Arizona With Love

My mom , Grandma R, came for a visit to see Bei-Bei for the first time this weekend. We met at the airport on Valentines Day night…, I was inbound from Richmond, she from Phoenix. Both of our flights were on time and we landed within ten minutes of each other (a good omen?)... I love it when a plan comes together.

Bei-Bei continues to grow and fill our lives with love and all things good and happy. She sees therapists (speech, physical, and occupational) four times a week and has gained about a pound each week since coming home. K-Mom continues to work to get her to accept food… any food other than the bottle. Tonight we had a somewhat successful try at applesauce, which included a fun “rub the food in your hair” game. (The pictures you see in this post were taken shortly after the bath that ensued.)

There is also progress every day in the crawling and pulling up departments. This was an especially productive long weekend because endless rain kept the boys, Calvin (9) and Hobbes (12), inside and crawling around with the rest of us.

Grandma D, K-Mom’s mom and rabid NASCAR fan, was sick with the flu this weekend so she was unable to join us for an impromptu Daytona 500/Northern Trust Open get-together with our friends the Bowmans. TV Golf, racing, beer, and dirty diapers... now that's a weekend!

It is rough for Grandma R to get around these days because of a bad knee, so outings were limited to baby clothes shopping with K-Mom and a big lunch with Hobbes and me at the original AQ Chicken. I will take her to the airport tomorrow before work and she will return to Arizona and have her second knee replacement surgery next week.