Your dad and I travelled to Southern California to visit friends and family this week. Our first stop was at your Aunty Denise's house where she and Aunt Susmitha hosted a fun-filled baby shower for you. There were baby animal decorations, even a large pink cake, lots and lots of balloons, and lots of fun activities. My favorite was eating baby food and guessing what ungodly-tasting product unnamed baby jars contained. It smelled absolutely disgusting. Like baby upchuck. Dad and I will do our best to puree some fresh adult food for you instead of resorting to those expensive jars of cat vomit. One of them was actually flavored chicken noodle soup. I think the real thing would have been more humane than a regurgitated bottled version of it. Your aunt Julie has already made some good suggestions on how to make regular food into mush that you can taste and digest. Although I'm not sure whether we would have the patience to peel and slice 20 grapes, we will try our best.
You received a ton of presents so far - a lot of pink clothes and a lot of cute socks. Aunt Julie (Cox) got you your first outfit, and Aunt Susmitha and Denise got you your state-of-the-art baby monitor. Trust that dad will probably still use that baby monitor to listen on you even after you're done being a baby. He's already pretty protective of you, so I can only guess that it will get worse from here. (I'll have to show you some sneaky ways around him later *wink*) The biggest surprise was a box full of books that Meemaw and Maura sent you via Aunt Sus. I am so looking forward to reading to you my little one. Aunt Maria got you a playmat (which also serves as our entertainment too ... boy, toys these days are really quite cool), aunt Stephanie got you a playpen, and Grandma Mary got me a device to milk myself with.
We saw all of your dad's friends and drinking/pool buddies. It looks like they're very well headed to where your mom and dad are right now. Sure enough, soon you'll have a new set of baby friends though with more Idahoan accents. Don't worry, you're the oldest so you can always kick their butts.
During the trip I also managed to catch a cold from your father. After 10 days of being completely symptom-free, I was feeling over-confident and indestructible. Now you have to hear us blowing our noses in the middle of the night and random coughing fits. I hope you're not feeling any different in there, just maybe a little noisier.
Well that's enough from me for now. My sinuses are congested and my head feels heavy and dizzy. All in all, this was one of the best and relaxing trips we've had in California. Your mother is so lucky and blessed to have such loving and supportive friends to see her through this pregnancy. I don't know what I did to deserve all of their love, but I sure as hell will always be there to reciprocate. Sleep tight, I will be reading you Goodnight Moon very soon.
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