fix [fiks]
something craved
Synonyms include: remedy, craving

Last Sunday, we threw Iya a surprise 30th birthday party. If you were there, however, you'd probably mistake it for 1st birthday celebration considering the number of children who were there. Not only is marriage rearing its head into all of our lives, but the imminence of family as well.

I've been thinking of my nephew a lot lately. When Kelsoe was born, we fussed over him as much as anyone could fuss over another person. Eversince he moved, not a day goes by when I don't think of him; remember holding him when he was newly born, putting him to sleep with my *NSYNC slow jams, having him grip my hand as he was learning to walk - we just really miss having him around. It's weird and sad not seeing him every weekend, but Iya's birthday provided a temporary baby fix. What perfect timing. In addition to Iya's nephew, Matthew and nieces, Bea and silly Samantha, we had a slew of other kids who do what they do best. Look at Hadith's 6-month old, Sophie (see how cute she is!) hanging out with us. She looks just like her mommy!

Watching Rochelle trying to hold her was just pure entertainment. If you EVER want to see Rochelle look uncomfortable, hand her a baby. It's the most endearing yet most hilarious sight in the world!

Even the boys enjoy having babies around. We all took turns helping new mommy and daddy, Joellee and Zandro with baby Jaelyn. Look at Matt, such a natural! Don't let the joking jackass exterior fool you. He's a softy when it comes to babies.

Here's Tito Joe taking his turn watching Jaelyn. Grrrr what a cute and well-behaved baby she is!

Chris' niece, Arianna was there too. She is the chillest baby you could ever meet. We passed her around because you absolutely cannot help but want to hold her. She coos back when you talk to her and makes this pouting face that just cracks everyone up.
Chris put her on the ground and tried to get her to walk. She's still learning so for about 6-7 minutes she just kind of stood there looking at Tito Chris like, "Are you kidding me? I'm not ready to walk yet." haha! Benjo gave her a little nudge on the bottom and when she almost fell forward, her lip quivered a little. Chris saw it and said, "uh-oh" and as soon as he scooped her back up, she started crying. Aaaaw poor thing...

And here's Iya. She was a baby...once. Hee hee! Hope you had a great birthday, friend!!!