Visitors, walks
October 1st, 2006 by Scott
My parents stayed for the weekend and helped us get the basics for Nicholas’ room. The 5am Nicholas hand-off to somebody on the east coast timezone was delightful. Mom barely let the boy out of her sight.
Nicholas did great during the Michigan game yesterday. He definitely cried more when Minnesota had the ball and he let out a blood curdling scream during a cut away to Ohio State highlights. I was very proud.
We strapped Nicholas to our chest and took him on two walks with Sumo. If Nicholas could tell the difference between outside and inside he didn’t tell me, unless there are small nuances to him being fast asleep that I can’t yet identify. I’m hoping Nicholas will start walking the dog himself soon (after he starts mowing the lawn).
Nicholas also had a bunch of visitors today. I was not great about catching pictures but I caught as many as I could. I don’t believe my Mom’s photo taking dedication was genetic. We didn’t get photos of the Etter family who stopped in and gave us, amongst other things, the all-powerful “play mat.” Sweet. Nor did we get a photo of Brette who brought us an entire bath-time ensemble as well as many other “favorites” of hers.
Scott, Patty, and Christian came by. Patty and Jul volunteer together the cancer center. They lent us most of Nicholas’ baby furniture, car seat, etc.
The Kraus family popped in. We became close with “Melissa and the Joes” when Joe made the mistake of hiring me at Jotspot. Joseph was practicing for Halloween in his kicking airplane costume. When I was young we had to make our costumes out of corn husks but now days they have self inflating gore-tex costumes with sound effects. Kids these days…
Fiona came by and brought her parents Crystal and Tom. Fiona wanted to hold Nicholas but Crystal insisted she wait until she at least turned two. I think Crystal is being soft on Fiona. By two I expect Nicholas to be babysitting for local kids to bring in extra revenue to the Johnston household.
Drew and Vivian came down from the city. I believe Drew needed some advice from Nicholas on an upcoming case. Looks like he also wanted to rub his head for luck. We get that all the time.
Nicholas seems to do a lot of sleeping during the day. I’m thinking we will have to move to France for the next six months because the time change will make that night.
Thanks to everybody for the lovely gifts. Nicholas will be writing you all thank you notes around 2011.