Snuggles

He actually has a grip on this little friend.

Noises off

No noise on this pic, but you can just about hear it, can't you?

Fall Reading list

Hmmm... the titles on my reading list have changed a bit in the past six months.

Popover

My parents stopped over after their fruitful trip to the apple store. (Pun intended.) Mom got an ipad and iphone. Seriously. She did.
So, Dan facetimed with her while she was still in the store. The folks at the genius bar were impressed! And she came to try out her new toys--and get a couple of snuggles, too.

Little Man is serious. So is his double chin.

Grandpa got some snuggles, too.

Huggles.

9.11.12

Auntie Heather

The third week that he needed care, Heather came to visit. She was a godsend! The two of them had long conversations (I am sure that they solved most of the problems of the world!), long walks and lots of reading time. It's only appropriate that this is the first week that Calvin started cooing. ;-)
I don't know how we could have done it without Heather. I am still overwhelmed by her generosity and her love. I am so glad to call her my friend. It was wonderful to wisk her away to happy hour on Friday. When Calvin fussed, she just picked him right up and calmed him right down. That was probably my favorite moment of the week.
(That and every day when Heather would tell me that Calvin was 'a dream.' I am so glad that she had a great week with him!) I know she wore him out!

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!