Even More Love

Austin's Gran Becky had to go home on Thursday (sad) but his Aunt Megan and Uncle Andrew arrived that day (happy!) so there is still an abundance of loving arms to hold him around here. I think Austin is becoming a little less sleepy and a little more social--he seems to be loving all the attention.

Megan and Andrew don't have kids yet but they are thinking about starting their family in the (months/years?) to come. I told them they could "test drive" my baby and try out as much baby care as they like while they're here. So far they have proven quite able to dress, diaper, bottle feed, and just generally love on the baby, and they fight for the chance to push the stroller while we're out. They will make such good parents! Here are some pictures to prove it.

Austin's neck has gotten so much stronger since the last time he was in the Baby Bjorn!

Austin's great-great-grandmother, Grannie Hardy, who is 95, sent him a quilt this past week. She has been making quilts for decades and is very talented--we hope Austin will treasure this gift for years to come. The quilt is especially meaningful to me because it includes scraps from our wedding quilt. What a neat link between generations!


I tried to get some video of Austin's tummy time the other day because occasionally he will lift his head up impressively high. He decided not to show off while the camera was rolling but I still want to try posting a video here for the first time. (Note: this is from our old digital camera, not our fancy new video camera, so the quality is not great and there is no sound. We still need to buy editing software for the video camera.)