Boy oh boy this is long.

Hi! This was a mostly good weekend. It would have been a really good weekend but Great Grandma was in the hospital. Mama went and visited on Saturday after I helped her make dried fruit slices again and fruit leather.

Then on Sunday I visited with mama and daddy before my nap. We got to the hospital and things were pretty OK; we waited in the hall with Auntie Barb until the nurse was done and then it was time to go in to the room. But I did NOT want to go in the room! It was very very scary and I stuck my bottom lip out and wailed. Mama walked me down the hall and that was better but then we got back to the end of the hall where Grandma's room was and it was still very very scary and again I stuck my bottom lip out and wailed. So we walked around for a while and mama found a magic door to the outside where I could push the button and the door would open. We did that for a while but then mama took me back to the room. I still was not happy about it but I was a trouper and went in.

I stayed in the room and was quiet and good and did not let mama put me down but I also did not cry so it was a pretty fair trade.

The rest of my weekend was pretty good. I show mama and daddy something new almost every day lately, when they're being good. I can tell them what a car says, "beep beep!". And mama got me to say bah-bye. That one's for when I go away or other people go away. I like that one a lot. Last night I was saying it in the bath. This morning when I woke up and mama made me wait in my crib, I laid there and practiced saying it. Bah-bye! Bah-bye!

I also made a mistake on Friday during my bath. I showed mama that I know more of my letters than I had previously let on. I have foam letters that float and also stick on the side of the tub. I like to take them all out of the froggy net that hangs on the inside of the tub and then put them back in. I say some of the letters to myself as I do this. Mama caught me talking to some of the letters, specifically "B" and "U" and "D".

I talk a lot, mostly in my own special language, but I also say words that other people can understand, sometimes. My favorite is "Wow!" but I also say things like "yay" and "nice" and "ni-night". And I can repeat most of the letters of the alphabet after daddy says each one.

I took mama and bailey for a long walk tonight. I held my flashlight and didn't drop it once.