Even When You're a Toddler

The family has come to Annalee's natal country -- Rhode Island -- and she appears glad to be with her mom's people. Though she couldn't communicate, or even locomote very much, when we lived and visited here in the past, she was taking in more than we realized, than I realized. When we pulled into her great-grandparents' driveway today, she said, "Non and Pop." When she saw her aunt last night, she took her by the hand and led her to the exercise ball where she'd bounced on her aunt's leg once before. She has let her grandparents hold, hug, and kiss her far more than ever before. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, even when you're a toddler.