A Day with Carol

During my first week back at work, Calvin went to daycare one day. (There was a kiddo that was gone, so he could go.) Carol sent us this photo of the motley crew:

 Look how scared little Calvie looks! When I went to pick him up from daycare that day he didn't even show any signs of recognition. He looked at me, like "who are you? where am I? what am I doing here? and, who are these people??" It broke my heart. (The next day at work I cried. Actually, I cried 60% of the days...and considered it a successful week!)
I was reminded by a couple of things: he won't remember this at all AND he hasn't established object permanence so he doesn't even know what is going on at the moment. I could wrap my head around that logically, now if only I could get my heartstrings to follow.

Three weeks later, Calvin went to daycare for the first time officially. Here's the entire gang:

The crew: Calvin, Eli, Kinley, Nolan.
Kinley's wearing a head-shaping helmet because she's got a soft/flat spot on the side of her head.

As you can see, they are still motley!

Happiest Baby on the Block

The best little grin around town. Sept 8.

Gramma Pamma

Gramma Pamma came to hang out the second week we were back at work. They went for walks, took naps and had photo shoots. They really had a great time together.

Going for walks is so tiring.

I can barely prop my eyes open.

Ready to play now!

Ready to smile!

It's cool, baby. Popped collars are all the rage for back to school fashion.  Aug. 22

This is the life, man.--Aug. 21

Sleep, Bright Angel

Aug. 19

Mommy Rocks, so do I

August 13. The day after The Birthday Incident, Part II. (Hence the Mommy Rocks outfit! I needed a little bit of extra love!)

The Daycare Situation

Apparently, the Star Tribune did some sort of expose on home daycares which inspired the state to put its foot down on every rule in the book. No variances were to be issues. No extensions. No exceptions. Nothing.

We decided who would care for Calvin the week after we were home from the hospital. He was 12 days old when he met her and thought that we'd see her in the fall. Then, she called to say that because of the ages of the other kids, the state wasn't allowing Calvin to come to daycare on the first day of the school year. He wouldn't be able to go to daycare for three weeks. She said she'd understand if we wanted to find someone else for Calvin. We didn't. We just figured out a way to make it work.

My mom came and hung out with Calvin during teacher workshop week. They went on lots of walks, played with all the toys and read lots of books.
Here are a few pics from then:

Calvin was ready to play right away!

Walks were tiring.

All that playing was tiring, too.

Cute with and without the pacifier.

But C-Mo was more alert than the last time he saw Grandma Patty.

They even talked about football.
Calvin practiced his Heisman pose.
It was a full week of fun!