Fun times in the city

Busy couple of days and only getting back to this now. Sunday was Emmett's first Easter (his parents, heathens they are, didn't realize it was Easter was coming until a day or two before). The day was beautiful in the city and a whole gaggle of friends got together in the park for food, conversation, bocce, and badminton. It is pretty great to know that Emmett is going to be around such a great group of people that really care about him, too. Speaking of Emmett, he was a pretty good kid throughout with the exception of an explosive potty show that he put on for onlookers (I apologize for fixating on this as a theme for him, but that is pretty much all he offers for entertainment right now).

Monday was back to work for a part-day. My mom came into town for her first visit with her first grandchild (and for her first visit to my workplace). She ended up holding Emmett for a five-hour sleeping stretch on Monday night that was only interrupted around 12:30am when I decided I really wanted to go to bed so we were going to have to move him.

Tuesday, today, we went into the park to the Conservatory of Flowers' butterfly exhibit. It was pretty neat and I was glad we made it. Emmett didn't seem all that excited about the butterflies, though part of the reason, no doubt, is the fact that his has about an 18" range away from his eyes over which he can focus on objects---and unfortunately no butterflies would hover within that range. The one thing that he was really excited about was the cut-out board that he could put his face through and have his picture taken. I have attached one at left.

The rest of the day was slow and relaxing. He just completed a 5ish-hour nap and post-eating seems like he is ready for bed (as am I).