aliki | 18:2012 and 19:2012 (Reply)

We bought Erika a harmonica while we were in Tennessee, and initially she called it her "blue stick" (the color of the box it goes into) and just played it with by taking it in and out of the box. But this week, she started playing the harmonica, which she now calls "my monica".
She has a fishing pole which we also bought in Tennessee. When we walk to the beach, she decisively says "we see fish in water, after go get my fishing rod, catch fish"
She finishes her cereal by lifting the bowl to her mouth and making yummy noises.

This week was a tough one, as you can see, photos were all taken from two days only, because...
Erika had surgery on Monday May 7 to remove a possible benign tumor (a lipoma) which turned out to be a hemangioma and resulted in a drain in her side for 4 days.
You see her in her pajama pants on the beach? On day 4, after getting her drain out, we carried her gently to the beach, where she gingerly sat and enjoyed some time in the sun, digging in the sand. She was so happy.
Aside from that, Erika was on home care all week, so there are few photos, as Monday - Thursday she had a drain in her side and was miserably lying very still on the couch, and then for the rest of the week, she really wasn't in the mood to do much else.
Sunday was Mother's Day.