Grandma Pat has a long talk with Salem

Today's visit was the 5th time I got to spend time with Salem. I figured it was about time he heard all about the family. Nurse Lisa let us cuddle for 1 1/4 hours. I started with telling him about MY grandparents. Lizzie and Daniel Larkin (from my mom's side) and Anna and Joseph Prombo (my dad's side). Then I introduced Salem to MY mom and dad: Margaret and John Daniel Prombo. At that, he kinda took notice.... Salem had heard mom and dad (Tree and Terry) talking about selecting a middle name for Salem. Had he heard that Daniel was being considered? At that, Salem started to pay attention what Grandma Pat was talking about.

Grandma continued to talk about the rest of the family, and Salem felt good to know that there are so many people who love him and are waiting for him to jump into their lives. Salem promised Grandma that he would hit a weight milestone at tonight's weigh-in. Then, he just has a couple more Olympic feats to accomplish: he has to eat on his own (gotta move away from the tube feeding to the bottle), he has to be able to maintain his body temperature (doing pretty darn good so far) and then he has to maintain all of the progress.

He's looking forward to breaking out of the hospital, but the guards (nurses) want to make sure he's ready to function in the civilized world (did someone tell Salem that we live in a civilized world???). He has been told that all of his brothers and sisters are crazy.... about HIM! Salem understands that a lot of aunts, uncles and friends want to hold him, hug him and sing him a lullaby. As good as all that sounds, someone told him that he'll be able to push around all of his loving grandmas and grandpas. From the picture, I'd have to say the pushing has already begun!