We all had a cold and maybe a bit of the flu two weeks ago, who knows which flu. Everyone is fine but we all had it and Ken seems to be holding on to it more then the rest of us.
Lauren is full of belly laughs (when prompted), she can bear all of her weight on her legs she has been doing this about a week now, she is getting very good at sitting and can do it for a few seconds by herself, she can roll front to back. She has had a couple of bottles in the past few weeks. Twice with Pedialyte (recommended by the doc) and once with pumped milk, she took the bottle like a champ. Since she only nursed for so long we are little concerned that she might reject the bottle. There is nothing else new to report with Lauren that I can think of, still sleeping from about 8 till 6, then nursing and falling back asleep in our bed. She sleeps an hour or so in the AM after her after-nursing sleep (which is really a continuation of night sleep) and then for 2/3 hours in the afternoon and sometimes has a cat nap before bed, truly a sleeper!
Drew, Lauren and Mommy drove to Boston to meet Ken for a night last month. Ken had an event which kept him there Friday and Saturday night. Calvin stayed with Mor Mor and Pop-pop and will join us in NYC in February for another Schwab event. Since the weather was bad we only went for one night. We drove straight down Friday morning, no stops from Waterbury to parking for the Children's Museum. The three of us spent a few hours there and then walked to Quincy Market and had lunch outside. We then walked back to the car, Drew was exhausted by this time, but hung in there. We managed to get to the Sheraton without any problems, Boston driving can be challenging at best. We checked into Daddy's room and walked around the Prudential Mall for a bit before meeting up with Ken. Ken got changed after a very successful event and we wandered outside and found a Pub for dinner. Everyone crashed hard after dinner. For some reason Drew wanted to sleep in the crib we had brought in for Lauren, who were we to argue with that. We tried to swim in the morning, Lauren was very cute in her bathing suit, but Drew wanted nothing to do with swimming and it was too cool for Lauren to get in the pool. We then took the T to the Aquarium, braving the elements as it was getting nasty out. Drew really enjoyed it and it was so nice to be able to spend the time with him and really focus just on Drew for a couple of days and make some nice memories. I am really looking forward to taking Calvin to NYC, he is going to love the Museum of Natural History. Drew will stay with Mor Mor and Pop-pop for that trip. The drive home was good as well and we did it straight.
Calvin has lost one of his top front teeth. He is getting ready to loose the other one as well. But as it is getting pushed out by the new tooth it is sticking straight out, it looks pretty fun and I am ready for it to come out. Mor Mor took Calvin to his first real movie when we were in Boston, they saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Calvin enjoyed it but wasn't quite as thrilled as I thought he might be.
