Super Smart Luis

When we went to the hospital (because I was in labor), my friend Leah came to stay with Luis. We had talked about the plan with Luis for a couple of weeks - to help minimize the chance that he'd freak out if he found Leah in our bed one night with Diego and I gone. We talked about how babies come whenever they are ready, and that we won't know when until it's time. We talked about how sometimes babies come in the middle of the night. We told Luis that the baby would be born at the hospital, and that Daddy and Dr. Reyes would be there to help me. We also explained that Luis would be able to come up AFTERWARDS to meet the baby and visit with Mommy. He seemed to be pretty hip to the plan...

The night Alejo was born, Luis came in to our room about 2a, and woke Leah up to ask if he could use "mommy's potty" to go to the bathroom. He didn't actually acknowledge that it wasn't me in the bed, or that Leah was there. After using the bathroom, he went straight back to bed. About two hours later, he came back in and woke Leah up again. She said, "Guess what Luis? You have a baby brother now! Your mom and dad are at the hospital!!" Luis didn't even blink and simply said, "I KNOW! That's why you're here."

Then he asked if he could snuggle her, climbed in the bed and went right back to sleep!