Today’s the day that my dad aka Gyi (Burmese for elder, like a grandfather) arrives from Australia for my son’s first birthday. It will be almost 24 hours of travel by the time he gets here. Fortunately, we’ve been able to see each other 3 times in the last year. He visited when D was 3 months old and we visited him when D was 5 1/2 months old.

We are also fortunate to have D’s great grandmother (dad’s mom) with us. She’ll be 84 years old next month. Sadly, she has Alzheimer’s so is not able to remember day to day but she sure comes alive when she sees D. Her maternal instincts kick in and she’s awesome with him. Here are some photos from our visits and I’ll be back to show updated photos.

Until next time,

AR