Trip to Kansas City

As I mentioned, I visited my brother and sister-in-law in Kansas City recently, and met my new niece, Dayla. She is now almost three months old (but would only be about a month old if she hadn't been born so early).





We had a wonderful, restful, super-low-key long weekend largely spent lounging around snuggling with Dayla, watching Dayla's ever-changing facial expressions, and talking to and about Dayla.

Here's the happy family (minus the cranky cat, shown below in a rare moment of sociability).








That, plus getting out of the frozen tundra and enjoying weather in the 50s to 70s, made the trip successful enough for me!








But, as a bonus, we also managed to visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (my primary agenda item on any trip to KC), stroll around the Plaza a bit, and worship with minimal baby-related disruption.








We also ate quite well. Here's my brother's masterpiece: salmon on fettuccine and spinach tossed in beurre blanc, and topped it with a salsa of corn, feta, and walnuts. It was worth the lingering salmon odor we had to deal with for the next two days.





So it was a wonderful trip and my niece is beautiful and magnificent. She's a keeper for sure, and I am one smitten auntie.