We are visiting Ryan and Jessie at their home in South Carolina. Time Flies. We arrived a week ago though it feels like it’s been a few days. We took a few days off to visit Ellen’s half sister in Peachtree City, Georgia. That felt like a vacation within a vacation.
Jessie had her first daughter in November. She had wanted to name her Aria and settled on Ariana (Ryan didn’t particularly care for Aria, but liked Ariana). Ari is the most well behaved baby girl I have ever seen. She is happy and well cared for. I’ve only heard her cry on the drive from Savannah to home. It’s an hour round trip and Ari was not happy. Since that time she has burbled, hiccupped, laughed, and “talked”. Of course a baby at six months doesn’t talk. She is verbalizing something. It’s not a cry or a screech, just excited sounds that a happy baby would make.
Ari has been to restaurants four or five times. She shows a keen interest in her surroundings particularly if there are bright colored things to look at. She loves people too. Such personality in a small baby is remarkable. Then I’m not around babies often. I just might be biased.
Jess calls Ariana, Ari NaNa often. Her first word could well be NaNa.