A Nap for Noah

Dear Noah and Dylan,
Today your grandmother would have been 70! Yesterday, we had a family dinner here to honor and remember her. Veronica and Soracha came and finally got to meet you. Uncle Don and Kim came and Holly and Ryan. Ryan is 2 ½ now. He was born a month before your grandmother died (so that’s how I can remember his age!) (He got the biggest kick out of you babies- he was way more fascinated with you guys than with the dominos I bought for him in St. John. I am hoping we will have many family events when you three will be able to play together since before long. 2.5 years will not matter much!
Your dad came early yesterday before the other guests so we had fun with you before Noah finally needed a nap. I was the lucky one that got to bring you into my bedroom and lay you down while you SCREAMED bloody murder. Dad said if you cried for more than 5 minutes, then you probably were not ready for a nap. Well, you screamed for two or three long minutes. Uncle Joe came in to see if I was stabbing you with a pen or what. You weren’t just screaming. You were stomping the bed with both legs, absolutely pissed off. Finally, I got off the bed and sat on the floor so you couldn’t see me. You continued for one and ½ minutes, then you rolled over, feeling the texture of the chenille blanket I bought at the store near your house and you were gone! Uncle Don gave Dylan his first frump and he was giggling so loudly. It was funny and of course we videotaped it. We will have so much footage of you guys that we’ll have to load onto CDs if you even know what those are by the time you read this with technology changing the way it does!
So today, your dad is coming up with you both, Nick and one of his friends. It’s a beautiful day, very breezy, but the picture perfect day on the water.
I love you both and can’t believe how much more enriched my life is with you in it for the past nine months!
Love always,
Auntie Kim
PS we are going to take you for a walk down the street today. I want to take pictures of some of the traditional older cottages.