Tues. & Wed. of Spring Break

Tuesday was full of visitors including a lot of family friends and people who I have known since I was in elementary. Everyone was soo excited to meet Baby Rudy! He's got a lot of fans up there. We went to Wal*Mart to get out of the house and buy some plain, natural detergent to wash his clothes. Later he sat on Dave's(his step-Grandpa) lap and they watched American Idol together. His hands eventually made it up to his goatee and he was discovering facial hair. He kept opening and closing his hand and just touching and feeling all over Dave's chin. Pretty funny stuff.

Today there were more visitors and a lot of staring at my mom's dogs. Scooter is a sheltie(like a mini-Lassie) and Kash is a Yorkie(itty bitty lapdog). They bark at everything and the first couple times they were in the same room, Cube would look at me for an appropriate reaction with a weird concerned/confused look. Today I would face him at them and talk in a high pitch voice so he would smile. The look eventually developed into wonder; he wasn't afraid anymore. I'm excited about this because I really don't want him to be that 2 year old that screams if there's a dog within 20 feet. He's definitely comfortable with Scooter and Kash now so that's a good start. I even put his hand on their fur every once in a while if they were close and calm. He still has no clue what they are, but at least there's no fear.

On our way back to San Antonio, he did very well. I planned his bath as close to our departure as possible. We only had to stop once to burp him and change his diaper, but he was asleep otherwise. Once we got home, he was very smiley. I think he knows where home is. :)

(p.s. He kinda plays with and sorta chews on receiving blankets sometimes- so cute.)