Happy seven week birthday buddy boy! I know we are probably not supposed to keep celebrating weeks like this but since today was kind of like a party here I thought it was appropriate that we at least mention it. Today you had lots of visitors, as many as you have had in a single day in a LONG time. This time though, you had a lot of people from far away, and some important people from here in Cincinnati too.
First, lets say thank you to Grandma and Grandpa for coming down here to visit you today. It was extra nice of them to come down because today is also a really big day for them too, its their wedding anniversary. So join in with me here, "happy anniversary Grandma and Grandpa". They came down and were here for a while today to see you before they went out to have a special celebration of their own at a nice restaurant. But they were here for a while today, and they got to spend some time with just you and them and I am sure they loved that.
Next we can say thank you to Pappaw who drove up here yet again to see you and spend some time with you. He sure does love it when he gets to see you awake and play with your hands. You and he had quite a fun time tonight playing around and making faces at each other. I'm not sure which one of you made goofier faces but it was quiet a competition there for a while. And according to him you may have to be a boxer, he says you have big hands that are very very strong and all afternoon you kept "putting up your dukes". You looked like you were ready for a fight tough guy. He did give you a little present today, you can't quite have it yet but you looked pretty cute holding on to it.
And lastly, but certainly not least because they traveled a LONG way for their short visit with you, your uncle Sebastian and aunt Alexa deserve a great big thank you for being here today. They got on a plane in Houston early Thursday morning, and that was after driving all the way from their home in Austin. Then they got to Louisville where Pappaw picked them up and took them out and about for some time with him in the Louisville area before catching up on some sleep. Then yesterday they got up early again and drove down to see Mammaw in Sunfish. They played dominoes and ate Mexican food, and listened to Mammaw tell some crazy stories about your daddy and your uncle Sebastian. The said it was fun and Mammaw sends you hugs and kisses.
Then, today, finally, they got to make the trip up here to Cincinnati to see the guest of honor, YOU. They got here around lunch time and stayed all day long. They played with you and kissed you and brought you some really awesome presents. One of which is next to you in the picture above (a stuffed Cookie Monster, since daddy loves cookies) and the rest of which will make it into pictures in the future for sure because they are some of the cutest outfits mommy and daddy have seen yet. And in your typical style you were the life of the party, always ready to entertain with that cute face of yours and those beautiful blue eyes that seem to get bigger every day.
You got yourself a bath right after they got here and you really seemed to enjoy that and thankfully you decided to stay awake for a long time after that so that we could all enjoy some Connor play time. When you finally tuckered out Pappaw took the rest of us out for some lunch/dinner (it was kind of in between) so that we could all get caught up and mommy and daddy could get a little time out of the hospital. Once we were all stuffed with some tasty pub food we came back so that they could say some good-byes to you before heading back to Louisville.
In the middle of the good-byes, during one of aunt Alexa's many photo shoots with you today, you made a mess in your diaper and threw a bit of a fit. Like a dutiful daddy I decided it was my job to fix this problem and went to work with diaper and wipes. I made a terrible error in judgement though. While I was in the middle of getting your diaper off I saw you inhale and didn't react quickly enough to stop the spray of brownish yellow goop with your diaper. Luckily for me you were pointed downward toward the side wall of your little bed and I didn't get covered in your little present. It did make me jump though, about a foot in the air, and your little gift gave all of us something to laugh about and a story to tell about your aunt and uncle's visit.
So after we got the bed cleaned up, and believe me that took a while after what you did, Pappaw and aunt Alexa and uncle Sebastian had to say their good-byes and make their way home. They were all headed to Louisville for the night tonight but then tomorrow Pappaw was going to take them to the airport to make the flight back home to Texas. Hopefully we can get them back up here soon or, if we are REALLY lucky and things go REALLY well, we can get you to go down there for a visit. Either way we hope to see them again soon and I know they hope they get to see you soon.
But now the day is winding down and mommy and daddy are getting you ready for a good night's sleep after a long day of playing and pictures. So you calm yourself down now and drift off to dream land, think of the people who love you and the presents they brought and all the love they represent. You are one lucky little man.
I love you Connor.
- Daddy
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