Sweeter than Sweet

This weekend Dan went to Las Vegas with about a dozen guys on an extended Bachelor's weekend for one of our old friends. He left on Thursday and he will be back tomorrow morning (monday). We have been doing suprisingly well without him, trying to stay busy. On Friday we went to the Children's museum with our neighbor Barb and her son, Joshua, who is 4. Kade had fun exploring the museum, playing with new toys. Avram just enjoyed watching all the kids running around. Afterwards, we went to get pizza slices on state street. Kade and Joshua ate their pizza while being very silly, of course. After sitting for a few minutes, the next booth was populated by a group of Madison police officers. They gave the kids some "junior officer" badge stickers which Kade wore for 2 days.

That night Kade and Avram went to my friend Catherine's house. They hung out with her 4 kids and husband while Catherine and I went out to dinner. She has three older daughters and one son, who is the same age as Kade. Her middle daughter is baby crazy and loved carrying Avram around, rocking him and giving him toys. When I got home, she was still carrying him around, keeping him busy. She sat down next to me with him. She glanced down at him and said to me with this cute voice, "Oh Lana" she said with a sigh, "he is just sweeter than sweet!" Of course, I have to agree. He really is. His hair has suddenly gotten so long and it is that fine and whispy sweet baby hair that curls when he is warm from the bath. He has learned to pull himself up on the furniture, grinning his 4 toothed grin, so proud of himself. Once there, he has to hold on for dear life and has not yet figured out how to get back down. So after he pulls up, he is happy for a while, exploring what is up on that coffee table but then he starts to bang his hands on the table and yell for me to get him down. If I don't come immediately, then he starts to wail. It is like a little cat who keeps climbing the tree higher and higher but finds himself too scared to come back down.

After church today, we will meet Catherine again as we are taking our sons to the Overture center downtown to see the play, "if you give a pig a party." Hopefully Kade will love it. Avram is going to hang out with the girls again. How nice! Kade will be happy to have his Dad back tomorrow. He has been sleeping with a picture of him on his pillow...