Today I had to share my mommy. We started babysitting my second cousin Lincoln. He is really small (2 months old) and he lays around a lot. We watch him for four hours on Wednesdays while Aunt Lulu is at work. It is hard to share mommy, but I like to read to him.
We took Adela to the Burlington Carousel Festival this weekend with Ali’s family. Honestly, Adela didn’t enjoy it that much. When we first arrived, there was some loud music that upset her. She didn’t want to ride any of the rides (the park has a neat train that’s there all year long as well as the carousel). We thought that we might go back another weekend and see if she’s interested in the train or carousel. We did have a bit more fun once we got to Gramma and Grumpa’s house and had some lunch and playtime.
Adela has been very excited to have Uncle David (and Nana, Grandaddy, and Brandi) come spend the weekend a few times over the past month. She must be in her coy phase right now, because when David isn’t here, she likes to talk about him and ask about him. But when she actually has face-to-face playtime with him, she’s a bit shy. I’m sure a bit more face-time with him will help her be a bit more outgoing.
Last weekend (and two weekends ago) we had Nana, Grandaddy, Uncle D, and Brandi come up and visit again. It’s nice to have them up to visit — partially for the babysitting and partially so Adela has a chance to play with them here at our house.
Adela is doing a lot more reading aloud now — it’s not really reading, but more memorizing. She has certain books that the likes to read more than others. For example, Adela’s favorite book series is “Boo and Baa”, which features two sheep (of course) named Boo and Baa who always get into some kind of trouble. We originally found them in the library, however she loved them so much, we ended up buying the series. These are the books we read constantly to her while she was in the hospital. There are seven books in the series and she knows them all by heart. It’s very cute to watch her reading the books aloud to her stuffed animals.
Well, looks like Adela has a cold. Sniffly nose and cranky attitude. She hasn’t wanted to eat much the past two days, but we’re trying to hold off on giving her formula since she just came off the formula. We’d like to see if she can get over the cold on her own.
We’re pretty sure it’s not the flu since she doesn’t have a fever, so we’re thankful for that. One of the odd things about having an egg allergy is that you can’t get the flu vaccine (both the shot and the nasal spray are off limits). Since the flu vaccine is actually grown in chicken eggs, we don’t want risk her having an allergic reaction to the vaccine. So, this year, we’re going to be practicing “flu avoidance” — plenty of hand-washing and avoiding sick people.
We had a great cookout at Gramma and Grumpa’s house on Sunday. We got to visit with lots of family — Gramma and Grumpa of course, GiGi, Aunt Lulu, Uncle Jam, Baby Lincoln, Uncle Mario, Aunt Monika, and Nina. It was a full house! Adela had fun playing with everyone.
Nina and Uncle Mario came over to visit me today. Nina and I had a good time playing together (although we were a little rough with each other at the beginning). We had fun playing in the kitchen Grumpa made for me. We baked pretend cakes and cut fruit. Uncle Mario said he and Nina would come to visit again soon.
