Sad goodbye

We had a wonderful week with Laurel/Lala, and it was very hard to put her on a plane back to California! Since she's a minor they let me accompany her to the gate (along with Eli, of course!), which gave us almost an extra hour with her. Eli had a great time at the airport, especially with Lala showing him the airplanes parked outside. After Laurel boarded, we looked at her airplane for awhile while I explained that Lala was going bye-bye on the airplane. Apparently it really sunk in; ever since then, whenever Eli sees or hears an airplane he makes the sign for airplane and says "Lala?" So sweet! Eli sure loves his aunt!