Wow, Memorial Day 2009…
To begin this entry, I want to explain why I missed my usual Sunday post recently. Last weekend, Ernie and Vita and I joined many family and friends in celebrating the life of my cousin (and godfather) who recently passed away. We had a really nice visit with family, and Vita got the opportunity to meet so many relatives from all over the country that she hadn’t met before. Somehow, and I really don’t know how this happened, I didn’t take any pictures except for one or two of Vita with her Aunt Mary who was kind enough to host us at her home.
At Mary's house, Vita cleverly converted this step stool into her own little table and chair. So smart!
When we returned from Los Angeles, I just didn’t have the energy to post and so the week passed.
This weekend marked an important milestone for us as a family. Last Memorial Day weekend, Vita was hospitalized for Infant Botulism. I’ve been reflecting on this milestone and on our experience with her illness and recovery, but I’ll keep most of that out of this blog and simply include it in the 18 month letter I’m writing Vita for her book. However, I couldn’t let the day pass without acknowledging it.
Also this weekend, Vita’s Grandma Victoria came up for a visit and we had a great time! Grandma Victoria brought some fun toys and some supplies for making masses and masses of bubbles! Here's Vita attacking some finger puppets with an alligator puppet.
But then the alligator got Vita.
No one was spared.
The coolest toys and two very happy girls!
When the sun finally came out we went to the backyard and made tons and tons of bubbles. Strangely, Vita wasn't very interested in the bubbles themselves. She was interested in the equipment... the wands, the slimy bubble juice, and just about everything except the bubbles. Go figure.
Here's Vita dipping the bubble wand into the bubble juice.
Bubble juice! Can you believe we went through this entire huge jar of bubble juice? That's A LOT of bubbles!
Here's Vita running off with some of the supplies.
One of Vita's favorite games these days is the putting things to bed game. Vita will find a blanket and a stuffed animal or a person (or sometimes even a sippy cup will do) and she will cover them with the blanket, sing a little night time song "nan nan nan" in a very cute sing-songy way and then pat them on the back. It's adorable! Here's Vita putting Grandma Victoria to bed. I've heard that one of her classmates and Vita will play the game together and take turns putting each other to bed. So very sweet.
Soon, the visit was over and we were all sad to see Grandma Victoria go. We spent the last day of the weekend (the exact one year anniversary of the botulism) doing all the things we couldn't do a year ago... We had a delicious meal with wonderful friends and then later met up with another friend for a play date in the park. We ate, we laughed, we ran around, we breathed deeply, and we took some time to really and truly enjoy our good health and our good fortune.
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