Salsa kitchen on a BBQ night

Kai feeds the dogs.

August 21, 2007 Monday
It rained all day today, but that didn't stop me from walking with the boys in the red wagon. We wore raincoats and the boys appeared to be in zen in the wet weather. It was actually quite nice, they weren't screaming or getting in trouble together.

Derek, Nana, Cohen, and Dawn sit down to a feast.

Later that afternoon, my family migrated in with their girlfriends, Jen and Dawn. My youngest brother wasn't present as he had to return to southern Illinois to continue work on his masters degree. But that didn't stop Dawn from having a nice BBQ with us.

Kai chows down while nana cuddles Hope.

Derek and Jen came over and grilled chicken and ribs, mashpotatoes, cheese bread, and veggies. Nana brought fruit salad!

Jen feeds Hope before she blows a runny poopie!

Hope is doing even better today. She is grasping our hands, and will shove both her thumbs into her mouth, if not most of her hand. She is more reactive to sounds loud and soft, and is snapping her head to look at moving objects.

Unfortunately, her brother Cohen threw a plastic ball at her face, which caused Hope to cry and nana to spank Cohen. Murphy's law kicks in again. My sister thought the left side of her face looked swollen where she had been struck by the ball, Fortunately I had noticed that this was not a concern as her face had looked like that a few hours before. But even so, it must have been painful to be hit on the face, especially after major surgery! Poor baby!

Dawn is caught hiding out in the "Cars" tent from Kai.

Kai takes after me, he is trying to clean up the scrap ribs the dogs left behind.

Party! Party! Kai makes a streak across the kitchen in front of guests.

VIDEO: Kitchen salsa

The Party is over, Cohen and Kai see the guests off.