WAKE UP...That Boy

Last week and for the next two weeks I have been hanging out with my second cousin Elaina. She is my cousin Stephen's little girl.  She is so much fun to hang out with and she has the most wonderful laugh that is so contagious.  Right now Brian is on an ortho rotation and is on call every Monday and Wednesday night.  Lately the hospital has been very busy and he only get about 2 to 3 hours of broken sleep. When he gets home on Tuesday and Thursday around 2:00pm he likes to take a nap, as you can imagine.  Elaina is 2.5 and she does not like to take naps so much because she is never tired, yeah right.  When you first meet Elaina she comes off as rather shy but once she gets to know you she is the complete opposite.  Even though she knows Brian's name she insists on calling him "that boy." When Brian got home from work on Tuesday he was very tired and laid down to take a nap but every time he closed his eyes Elaina would yell, "WAKE UP!"  She kept saying, "Tell that boy to WAKE UP!" We were laughing so hard and at that point I think Brian was slap happy so I tried to get Elaina to go down to the play room with me.  But of course she wanted that boy to go with us.  So we all went down to the play room and that boy snuck off and went back to bed.  Soon after Elaina said, "Where is that boy go?" So we had to go back up stairs and find him.  Brian was greeted with, "There is that boy, WAKE UP!" So much for his nap, but we had a fun day and our bed time was 8:00 pm that night. I guess this is what we can look forward to one day. We love Elaina and we are so glad that Stephen, Sylvia, and Elaina live in NYC now so that we will get to see them all the time.  

Elaina at the Park

Elaina Waking up That Boy

Eating Lunch