Sweet, Sleepy Baby, originally uploaded by cheryl.
With my new work schedule these days, Sunday afternoons are my new favorite. It means I am done for the work week, that I can enjoy four days at home with all my boys doing everyday things. Going to and from school. Homework. Play time. All that fun stuff.
Sunday afternoons are the best, though. There's no rush to do anything. It's pretty much a lazy day around the house watching football (my favorite) and just hanging out with the family.
Today we had some extra visitors. Our good cousins Katie and Josh (our once a week babysitters back when they were in college here) brought their new baby boy Xavier up for a little visit. We did our mini-Thanksgiving meal (boneless turkey breast in the crock pot), had some cream cheese and chips desert, and got to hold a sweet, sleepy baby boy all afternoon.
Connor was cute, playing the big brother role to the hilt. He wanted to help feed the baby, burp the baby and do just about anything that was being done to or near the baby. The twins were curious, in their own way. Xander kept pointing to different facial parts and waiting for me to name them. Sawyer kept walking up and trying to squeeze him (hey, he likes pressure, so he assumes everyone does). We had to keep that to a minimum, but it was cute to watch him pay any kind of attention to someone else. Grammy even stopped by after work to see the little visitor and the boys.
The funniest reaction was, of course, Buster. We kept him out most of the night, because he's hyper and big and probably scary to most people who aren't used to him - like a newborn baby. But he was funny when we finally did let him in at the end of the night - sniffing the car seat carrier (which used to be Connor's a long time ago) and all of the baby's things. The look on his puppy face was priceless - like, oh no they did not bring another one of those things into my house! Too cute. He says no more babies, please. Three are more than enough!
It was a fun afternoon with family, food and football - and a sweet little boy to cuddle. They're so cute at that age - just sleeping and eating and wanting to be held. And since he was just here to visit, he won't be keeping us up tonight. He's saving that for his Mommy and Daddy!