Dianne Bouttavong

This is my niece Dianne (my only niece) and she belongs to my brother, Pong and his family. Unfortunately, the last time we saw Dianne was last September during the Labor Day weekend. This is not because we don't want to see her, its just that they live in the Chicago area and driving 5-6hrs with 2 little kids is not the most fun. Also, Pete is too busy with work and school so we don't have too many free weekends. Luckily, Dianne will be coming up with her dad, mom and older sister and brother to help celebrate Peter's 4th birthday. We will be celebrating Peter's 4th birthday in Traverse City on 3/18 instead of 3/26 (his actual b-day) due to some scheduling issues.

I can't believe she celebrated her 8mth birthday already. She was born June 29, 2005 and that makes me exactly 27yrs and 1 week older than she is. And she is finally growing some hair! For a long time, she was sporting her dad's look (thinning, but not quite bald), but it looks like she is making progress. For a long time, she looked a lot like her dad, but mom's features are emerging. Many people would comment that Peter David looked like dad, but the past year, (he has both of our features) you can see a lot of me in him now.

I know Dianne will cry when she sees me, but it'll be a lot of fun to see Kiersten and Dianne together now that they're older and more mobile. My family consists of mostly males, these 2 girls were definitely a welcomed surprise! All of the estrogen will be a challenge for my dad, 3 brothers, Pete, Peter and my nephew Calvin.