A Visit With The Cousins

We went to Chicago this weekend to visit Dan, Sara, Gabe and Caleb. It was the first time Henry met Caleb and he was completely fascinated with him. He calls him "baby", "Cay-Cay", and "new". He loved to touch him and would get really excited to even touch him with the tip of his finger. He also wanted him to be awake all of the time. Whenever Caleb was napping in his pack-n-play, Henry would peer over the side and just watch him. Hopefully he will be as fascinated and excited about his baby brother. He kept touching my tummy today and saying "out". He wants this little guy to come out now.

It's always been fun to watch Gabe and Henry together, but it's getting to be more and more entertaining. Before we left yesterday we were eating lunch in the kitchen and the boys had finished their lunch and were watching Mary Poppins and sitting right next to each other on the couch in the living room. Gabe told Henry (looking directly at him) that they were watching Mary Poppins, to which Henry exclaimed (looking right at Gabe)"Poppa" (his pronunciation apparently) and Gabe stared right back at him and said "Mary Poppins". This went on and on, we just watched and laughed at their little interaction with each other. It's sweet to see their personalities emerging and to see Gabe being such a helper to Henry. They had so much fun playing together, too. They tried to do somersaults, had a little dance party, played with giant bubbles that Dan made outside, played in the sandbox and rode bikes together. Also, Henry has started to say Gabe-it sounds like "Big"-and he's been talking about him since we've been home.