Poor Pop

It is never easy losing a grandpa, but it is even harder losing two in less than two months, but last Tuesday night Pop passed away. He was 72 and an awesome grandpa. My only relief comes from knowing that Summer met him in November. We flew home to Oklahoma (Summer's third airplane trip) last Thursday and got back yesterday. Summer, as usual, did fine on the plane. I flew us from Las Vegas to Phoenix where we met up with my mom and brother, Buster. This was the first time Buster had met Summer. Then the three of us flew together into Oklahoma City. During the flight Buster held Summer and she fell asleep in his arms. It was so cute, he immediately fell in love with her and said he felt like a mom. The rest of the trip was sad but fun, we met many of our relatives we had not seen in a really long time. Summer still has "I only want Mommy to hold me" anxiety so my arm got a work out. Buster could hold her most of the time, and a few of the younger kids could hold her, but she definitely felt safest in my arms. She was great on the trip except her anxiety, and probably cried more on this trip than the rest of her life, because we kept trying to get other people to hold her, which caused her to cry sad alligator tears. She is so sweet when she cries. She also had a runny nose the entire trip and constantly had dried boogies. I always said I would never let MY child have dried or dripping snot, but whatever, I was not going to wipe her nose all day, she hates getting her nose wiped. One of the highlights of the trip for me was when she got to take a bath with her two cousins, Jordyn and Alex. I know she won't remember but I got pictures, she did ... ok, she wasn't happy to be around anyone, but she tolerated the bath long enough to get pictures and wash her hair. When all three were in the bath you could really see how fat my baby girl is compared to her cousins, she is a chunk! She is such a little snoot too! Everyone kept saying she has such attitude, and makes some of the best faces a little snotty girl could make. Alex was wonderful and is already crawling, and she will be following him soon. She has really started to scoot around, last night we were playing on the bed and daddy kept attacking her and she kept trying to scoot away, squealing, hiding her head in the blankets, it was so precious.
So anyway, Kris stayed home this trip, 5 days away, and really missed his little girl. She showed a little apprehension to him when we returned but by that night she seemed back to her old self. Kris called me earlier and said she was needing to be held more in the morning, but by the afternoon she was walking around in her walker.
I wish I could say I don't see anymore flights in my immediate future, but I see a flight to Idaho Falls in May to visit mom and Buster, and in August we plan on going back to Oklahoma to help Charlie celebrate his wedding. Summer is a pro at flying, and I am doing good getting through Security with my little monkey without any problems. A plus to flying is all the attention she gets, several people will stop me to tell me how beautiful/precious she is. Kris and I constantly talk about how she looks, is she really precious or do people say that to all babies. Of course we think she is beautiful but we are her parents, of course we do!
Lastly let's talk about Summer's eye. Her right eye has a small bubble just under her color part. It looks like a little fluid or water bubble. We noticed it right after her 6 month appointment. We thought maybe she scratched it and it was irritated. You cannot see it unless she looks up and then you can see it - and it is very small, but being a first time mom I decided to make a doctor appointment and have it checked, just to be sure, so we are going in on Friday at 9:00 to find out what it is. Hopefully nothing but a bump, I will keep you updated.