9/80s

About a month ago, James's work offered employees to work 9/80s if they chose. Well, of course, James accepted; and so he gets every other Friday off now (his first Friday off was July 4th, but he already had that holiday off, so he got Thursday off instead). So, James had this Friday off and got to watch Andrew all day by himself. Daddy was sweet to give Mommy updates via email and the telephone. They went for a walk and to the grocery store with Ngoai who was off too. Daddy cooked some delicious gumbo for the family. I also had invited Jenny, Justin, and Baby Eric to come for a visit. It was so nice to catch up with them and see how both boys have grown. Drew seemed to like Eric and kept looking at this person who was like him--smaller than most people he sees.

Saturday got an early start as we headed to Mommy's eye doctor appointment for Mommy's contacts in the morning. Then, we went to the home of another friend, David, to see his seven week old newborn daughter, Selene. Again, Andrew seemed to look at the adorable little baby and also their two dogs. We also went to Toys R Us (twice) to get some stuff for Andrew.

Andrew went to bed early on Saturday (early for him being 8:30PM), but that also made for him waking up early too--around 6:30AM. After the three of us went for a short walk, we ate breakfast and played. Then, we all (Daddy, Mommy, A.J., Papa, and Ngoai) headed up to Houston for a few different reasons. First, we went to storage to retrieve some items that we wanted. Then, we met the inspector at a house we are looking to purchase. There were some issues with the house, so we will have to discuss it with the owners before we move forward with the purchase. James and I are a little down about it, but know it will all be for the best. After the inspection, we went to Belinda and Steven's house to visit them and their son, Evan. Drew spent a good deal of time checking out both Evan and their German Shepard, Scout. Belinda and Steven were kind enough to loan us Evan's Exersaucer. Well, our son just loves it. He is entralled with all the gadgets and was very good sitting in it while we ate a late lunch and dinner tonight. Thanks, Uncle Steven, Auntie Belinda, and Evan!

I am glad that A.J. seems to like kids and babies. I hope that will continue when we start play dates and of course, later on when #2 hopefully comes along. And he doesn't seem too scared by dogs either. He would even try to reach out to touch them and didn't cry when they got up close to him and tried to smell him.

He was great in the car on Saturday--barely causing too much of a stink and falling alseep fairly quickly two times. However, he was fussy on the way up to Houston this morning. My theory was that he was too overtired and mad at us to fall asleep in the car seat. But I feel that he is getting better in the car. Not great, but liveable.

Well, it was a good weekend; and here's to the beginning of another week. My how fast the weekends go by!!

Here are pictures of Selene enjoying a nap and Andrew enjoying his new toy.