kevin's family got six pounds and seven ounces bigger last week. chloe marcella trinidad perez was born last monday, june 30th. i took kevin down there to see her last wednesday. kevin had a very similar reaction to her that i had to my nephew when i met him for the first time. everything about her was soft and small, it is really hard to figure out how a person that small can even be real... he really couldn't stop poking at her. she was pretty amazing, though... i can't blame him for wanting to know everything about her.
kevin also got a chance to change his first diaper. his grandma had to help him, but between the two of them she was well taken care of. his sister said that she normally cries when her diaper is changed, but little chloe didn't make a peep when kevin was changing her. i think it was because she could tell how nervous he was and didn't want to make it harder for him.
they are going to make a wonderful pair. he is already daydreaming about reading books to her and taking her to the children's museum. my ambitions for my own nephew are quite different. while he will be busy teaching chloe all of the wonders of the world, i will be teaching sam how to hide his food under his plate so cara thinks he ate it all. cara, kory and sam moved back up to my parents place this past weekend as well. after seeing chloe, i had a hankering for baby, so it was a good weekend to see mr. sam pants. he's fourteen months now, and he's beginning to seem like a real person. it was funny to watch him walk around the house... i think he is showing great potential to be a causer of mischief. he also really liked my cat moses, and she didn't mind him at all. once she even rubbed her nose and face on his hand.
i have two weeks of classes left. the projects are starting to pile up a little, but i am pretty motivated to do well... mainly because i think that taking only two classes at a time makes it too easy for me to get good grades, and if i don't that i will feel pretty ridiculous about it all.
having a second dog around the house has been interesting. the first night was crazy, but milo and pepper have gotten quite used to each other now. pepper is really old, so she hardly does anything but lay around or scratch her on the bottom of my couch. i have discovered, however, that when one dog barks, the other one really like to join in. normally they only do it when there is some one at the door, but a few times they do it for no reason at all. other than those few moments of noise, i hardly notice her at all. she is really well trained so i never have any messes to clean... well... no pepper messes... milo is a different story.
right now, instead of blogging, i ought to be cleaning my house. ellen has been a great roommate this summer, and she even told me once that she found my messiness endearing. i really shouldn't let that go to my head. i'm off. have a good day.
