Today you met two sets of great aunts and uncles (Sondra and Bernie and Joada and Billy). You also met your second cousin, Brandon. Everyone was so excited to finally get to meet you, and Aunt Joada even managed to pry you from your papa’s hands for a bit. She told us a story about how she’d recently been visiting with my cousin Ian and his wife, Sarah, and their new baby, Francesca. Francesca was fussy and Joada discovered that when she walked up and down stairs holding Francesca she’d calm down. So she did lots of trips up and down stairs and got quite a workout. It left me feeling thankful that we don’t have any stairs!

Aunt Joada working her magic