Downs

• Nothing springs to mind today.

Ups

• Calvin was manageable at church today. I’ve taken to sitting up in the balcony and there are a group of women who fawn over Calvin and often can keep him occupied during church. By sitting up in the balcony, it’s fairly easy to sneak out if Calvin becomes too loud (he doesn’t usually cry but may ecstatically shriek which can be just as disrupting). The mother’s room isn’t really an option for Calvin when he’s loud as we have a couple of breastfeeding mothers who need pretty much complete silence for their babies to feed properly. I had enough grief with breastfeeding that I’m not willing to contribute to any complications for them.
• Jaeger gave Calvin a bath and then fed him before putting him in the crib for the night. It was amazing to be able to eat while Calvin was still up This also gave me time to plan meals for next week and create my grocery list instead of working on it Sunday morning.

Cute Calvin Moment

• After church I needed to talk to someone so I set Calvin down and he immediately crawled up on the platform (I was within arms reach). There was a little 3-year old girl who was enchanted with Calvin. She and Calvin spent at least 15 minutes chasing each other around. She’d run to one side of the platform and Calvin would eagerly paddle after her. Then when he came close, she’d run to the other side and Calvin would turn around and rapidly crawl the other direction. It was obvious they were both very taken with each other.

Simplification

• Finally threw away an air mattress the cats had punctured in multiple places.