When I looked at all the activities this week held, I knew it would go by in a blur. A big happy blur, but still a blur. The little man is seven weeks old now, and he is handing out smiles and talking to us in a very generous way. So awesome. And timed perfectly for Grandma and Grandpa to visit. He always charms them, but this time was even better. For one thing, he was really flirting up a storm with Grandma. I think my Dad captured more of the action with his camera, but there were a lot of faces like this:
and then Grandma would scoop him up and do this:
and then there was the one time she sat with him like this – FOR SIX HOURS!!!
Until finally I made her wake him up and give him a bottle. Which he ate ferociously. But he clearly proved that he would rather snuggle with Grandma than eat. No wonder he flirted with her! Grandpa got a lot of happy smiles and snuggles too, but only when he could pry Brendan away from Grandma.
The poor brown dog was clearly not top dog anymore with Grandma. I started giving her guilt about it, and then found this happening in the other room:
Notice the smug look on Grandma’s face.
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We BBQ’d the first night they were here, and Rob made a HUGE amount of his awesome asparagus. He does it a little crispy for me and it is SO good. His grilled onions can’t be beat either. I could almost eat them all by themselves. Okay, I do eat them all by themselves…
While Grandma and Grandpa were here I got brave and did something that it was time to do. I put away the newborn size clothes. It was so hard. I didn’t want to say goodbye to those first outfits I had to run out and buy in Iowa when he surprised us by being a little peanut. So many memories are tied up in those little bitty clothes. The undershirts that he wore pretty exclusively under his swaddles for the first few days… the ‘who’s crabby’ and ‘snuggle bear’ outfits that we bought at Target when Meredith and Linda were coming to visit us at the hotel for the first time. I remember trying to decide on one of the two, and then realizing that the kid was probably going to need at least a couple outfits! Good thing too, because he peed all over one of the outfits right before they got there and we had to do a quick change. I kept trying to bargain with myself, ‘but this one has no feet, so he could probably wear it a couple more times…’ but the reality is that it clearly says 5-8 pounds for newborn size – and he is over 10 pounds. And to be honest, his last wearing of ‘snuggle bear’ had his shoulder exposed from pulling at the length, and his little toes were a little scrunched in the feet. It was time to move on. Besides, there are so many cute 0-3 sized clothes in which to make new memories.
So that’s done. Whew.
And you’ll notice that now he can model his cool rocketship onesie from our awesome neighbors – and of course his van socks from Maria. I tried to get some good pictures, but in every one of them some part of his body was a blur of action. I love it when he does his happy wiggles, so no complaints there.
Last night we went to our first required support group meeting/checkin with the IAC. It took us FOREVER to get there with rush hour traffic. But we made it. Bren had a couple crying spells, and after calling out to him that I was right there – and that he was breaking Mommy’s heart, I finally climbed over the seat to see what I could do. I gave him his binky and held his little hand. He held on with a death grip and then drifted off to sleep. He just wanted to know we were there. I love him more and more every second.
Here are some things we learned at the support group:
1. We have the cutest baby ever (which I think I may have actually announced during the around the room introductions).
2. We have the best match ever with Meredith and her whole family (which I think I also may have announced somewhere along the way…) we actually love and care for each other – and it’s so clear that it makes all the difference when you really find the right fit. We have never had any doubt that all of this was meant to happen exactly how it did, but after hearing some of the stories last night, we are particularly grateful.
3. That Dairy Queen closes at 9:00. TOTAL BUMMER!!! Particularly because yesterday if you bought a Blizzard, the proceeds went to help the Children’s Miracle Network. Eat ice cream for charity? Well, sure! But we didn’t make it in time. BOO!!!!
Other than being thwarted by Dairy Queen, everything is going wonderfully. It’s hard to believe, but it just keeps getting better.
