New Faces In Daniel's World

Hi!  It's Daniel again.  Everyone has been sick in my house--even me.  BUT, we're all better now and happy things are happening.


There are all kinds of new faces in my world since yesterday!

This is my Great Aunt Iris when she first saw me on Tuesday.

This is my Great Aunt Iris pushing me in my stroller.
She didn't care who else was with me!

Great Aunt (GA) Iris and my Great Uncle (GU) Doug in Icarai.
I think GA Iris closed her eyes so she could smell the pretty flowers.

They came all the way from Texas to hug Mommy and Dad.
And hold me and bring me presents and smile at me.

They met us on the sidewalk in my neighborhood.

See my GA Iris?  She still has her hands on my stroller.
Even in the restaurant where they ate breakfast, I sat next to her.
I had a great meal too!

My GA Iris knows how to snuggle me just like she snuggled my Dad!
She told me she likes to have
two pairs of glasses on her face all the time.

Iris at the hotel just after her overnight flight.

Doug, glad to be off the plane after a pleasant, long airplane ride.

Gigi got a welcome gift for GA Iris and GU Doug.

GA Iris made some Chicken Soup for my GiGi
because GiGi took my cold from me.
GU Doug tasted the soup and said it was really good.
GA Iris likes my kitchen.

GA Iris likes to help people.
She made good Chicken Soup that helped my GiGi feel better.

Mommy and Dad felt better too when GU Doug
handed them the bouncy seat they brought from the States.
See--I like to move, and I don't like to sleep that much.
This seat rocks and vibrates.
I didn't know what vibrates means until . . .

. . . until Mommy sat me in it the first time.
See how wide open my eyes are?
I like vibrates.
Didn't GA Iris and GiGi do a good job
assembling the seat for me?!

These GREAT people came to see me on Tuesday.  Great Aunt Iris played the piano for me.  Great Uncle Doug went with Dad to do some stuff for the wedding on Saturday.  I cried a lot and didn't want to sleep all day, but everything was better for me on Wednesday.


On Wednesday morning, GA Iris and GU Doug came back to my apartment and I smiled at them.  Then more GREAT people showed up.  GiGi's best friend Josie and her husband John (who wants me to call him Poppi) came.  I took a good nap and was really happy to see everyone.

Poppi and Josie like GA Iris' soup because it had lots of noodles in it.
S-L-U-R-P!

Everybody smiles at me.

I like to sit in my bouncy seat while Mommy opens my presents.

Josie and Poppi gave me some 'jungle' clothes
since I live in Brasil.
I like monkeys.

GU Doug is happy to see Mommy and me.

Poppi has a good lap.
He's been practicing with his twin boys Jack and Luke that belong to Josie's big boy Brandt.
(We three were supposed to share a birthday, but they beat me by just a few weeks.)

GU Doug likes the view.

GiGi tells me that Josie is a librarian.
I don't know what that means,
but it sure was fun to read the book she gave me.
She says that you're never too young to read a good book.

I like my book about animals.

Josie tells me all about a crocodile,

and asks me if I like crocodiles.
Never smile at a crocodile, Josie!

Then the next time I look at the book, there are new pictures.

Josie says she used to read to my Dad when he was a baby.
Naawwww!  My Dad was never a baby!

Poppi asked to hold me and we chilled out together.
He bounces almost as good as my new seat!

GA Iris thinks it's time for me to try the new hats she brought me.
She, Mommy, and GiGi all agree that strange ladies should
definitely not be kissing me on the head.
We took a walk yesterday, and
she nearly got a whiplash when she turned to protect me
from a potential 'drive-by kissing.'

Poppi helped me pose when GA Iris put my cap on.
He said the colors were cool,
but they didn't match my magic socks-of-the-day.

DUDE! 

GA Iris put a bucket on my head or something.
Not sure what to do about that one.
She says nobody will kiss my head with this hat on.

It's really GREAT to have so many new faces in my world.
I think they all love me a lot.

Why else would they spend all night on an airplane . . .

. . . just to come to my apartment to give me presents
and smile at me
and hold me
and hug my Mommy and Dad!