Busy Weekend....

The Fosters have been popular lately! :0) On Thursday last week my friend Megan came to visit and to introduce us to her baby boy, Owen Daniel. He's adorable but colicky, so he wasn't very happy. He did snuggle on my chest for a while and slept, so that was wonderful! Mr. Joel, however, was not having any of it! He had just woken up from a nap when they got here, and he was NOT amused. He cried several times when Owen cried and did NOT want me to hold him. He even crawled up in my lap on the couch to watch his DVD while Megan and I were talking, which he never does. He wanted to make sure he was #1, I think! He did sit with me while I held Owen once and he did touch him with one finger, but that was it. I think he wants to maintain his "baby status" for a while yet! :0) On Saturday, Aunt Lisa brought a little friend over for a while and then Megan, Ashley, Amber, and her daughter Leah came over to visit for a while and go out to dinner. Joel stayed with Daddy so Mommy could go out with the girls. Daddy gave him a bath since he was filthy from the park. Joel and Leah were cute together. Joel seems to do better when he is the smaller child in a pair rather than when he is the bigger of the two. This morning Rob went to a golf outing and I took Joel to Fremont, Indiana to go to the outlet mall. We did some good shopping for Joel for this fall. Joel was on his best behavior, but unfortunately did not nap all day. He hung in there really well tonight, but when it came to bedtime he was unhappy. Last night he had Rob up from 2:00-3:00 and me up from 3:00-4:00. This can stop anytime. I'm not too optimistic that he will make it through the night tonight, even though he should certainly be tired enough! Fingers crossed... This was a pretty traumatic week, given Joel's fall on Tuesday and our trip to the ER. He was a trooper through the whole thing and is healing beautifully, but if it's all the same I would prefer never to have anything like that happen again! :0( We are having family here from Cincinnati and Mississippi over the next couple of weeks, so I am sure Joel will get plenty of attention and will enjoy entertaining everyone! More later....