Kansas is a much better place now

Eve,
Your time in Kansas has made this flat, humid, sparse landscape a peaceful, beautiful, exciting place again! You still have that amazing face (with fuller cheeks) that I remember seeing on your birthday!
I am very proud of how you and your Momma handled the plane ride and the long car trips! All of the family now knows that you are quite the traveler and nothing stands in the way of future travels!
Gramas home is very lonely and quiet now that you have gone back to the East Coast but the memories will last forever! Your presence here has created a new spark for life and living! You really made me feel like I was needed again and I will never let you down in any aspect imaginable!
I will cherish all the conversations we had and those adorable smiles. I even almost got the cloth diaper changing routine down within 45 seconds! You are definitely a morning person and greet each day with smiles and excitement! You also met almost all of you family - and made each one of us feel special! Even though you didn't like Grammie Dougan holding you, the responses you gave her when someone else held you made her happy!
Aunts Erin and Jill, love you so much, they don't know what to do now that you have gone home! You have positively converted both of them on babies and how much fun they can be!
Evenings were our special times. I loved holding and rocking you to sleep - and showing you that big, ugly woman in the kitchen. Shopping with you and your Momma was awesome! What a trooper you were! We were putting hats on you while you were in the stroller and just marveling on how cute you looked! (and of course, buying the hat!)
Also, you were introduced to a variety of pets while visiting me. Zoie and Harley, the cats, were very curious and knew you were someone special (they would hear you and check out the commotion). Wilson, the dog, however thought you were his responsibility! When you were unhappy, he would try to help and even whine with your cries. He wanted to go on every walk with you and your Momma. He even tore the screen off the front door and got his head stuck trying to catch up with you!
My hope is that you continue meeting your whole family and absorbing all we have to give and teach you. We are a diverse group with a big array of offerings and ideas. Some good, some strange, but all well intended. No topic would be ommitted!
Just know how much you and your parents are loved. I hope and pray that your family will live closer (in distance) so we can share in your life more as you grow. I really think this is a done deal, once your Daddy is finished with his Navy duties.
Next time I see you, I'm expecting a headfull of hair and you will either be crawling or possibly walking and of course every other word out of your mouth will be why or what's that? You are already very physically and intellectually advanced even at 6 weeks! (I didn't expect anything less)ha.
Remind you Momma to keep sending pics - especially the one of your matching leopard skin outfits!
I love and miss you terribly!
Grama