I know its been more than a month since I posted anything on my blog. There’s a lot that has happened and I’ve been a bit busy and a bit lazy and hence the delay. I have tons of things to write about but we will see how many I will actually get to. This post though is about family. After almost 15 months since my son was born, my brothers family and my wife’s brothers family visited us for back to back weeks. Our son, for the first time, was able to meet his uncles and aunts face to face rather than over video calls. While the two weeks of family visit was fun and flew by very fast, it was off to a rocky start. Our son fell sick just before my brother arrived and the whole week he wasn’t his usual self. While he was still very active and had a lot of fun, he was less so than usual. He had lost his appetite as well making us all a bit worried. Luckily, he started feeling better and eating much better the following week.
My brother and his wife drove all the way from bay area to meet their nephew. Given the challenges with changing climate and forest fires, there were several raging all along the western part of United States with a potential to blocking their route. Anyway, they decided to take the risk and drive up. My brother had a week off and he was eager to meet my son. While the trip would have been awesome if my son was feeling 100%, but nevertheless I think they had fun. I know my son and enjoyed their company. My wife and I were happy to meet with our family. During the week, we did a few outdoor things whenever my son was feeling up to it including a few trips to the park. All in all, it was a fun visit.
With no break, the day after my brother left, my brother in law and his family arrived. They flew in from southern California and have a 3 year old daughter. My son had fully recovered so he was is usual self and while he is too young to play with other toddlers or kids, I think having people other than us at home, especially since he hasn’t had a regular social life given, you know, covid, was a good experience for him. My brother in laws daughter had a good time as well. She got to go to the aquarium, and a kind of theme park for kids (Remlinger farms) which she thoroughly enjoyed. We too enjoyed having my brother in law and his family over.
It was really great to have family over, especially after a year in isolation due to covid. However, we needed a week to recover from the back to back family visits 🙂 . Also, my wife had a bunch of work deadlines that got her stressed during the family visit and she had to get stuff done with late nights for couple of weeks after the visit. I was in the process of switching jobs so I had a bit free time on my hands making it easier for my wife to get work done. Given my free time, I could have spent some time updating my blog post but I got a bit lazy so didn’t spend the time.
Anyway, it was really good to see family. I wish they were closer so we could meet more often and my son could get to know them better as he grows up.
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