Last night Amanda and I went to hear Dr. Brad Gambill, Director of the JBU Honors Program, deliver his presentation on Native American literature at the annual Lee Balzer dinner/lecture. The food was decent and the company was excellent. It was just great to be out with other adults, especially our intelligent and compassionate colleagues. Logan slept the whole time we were gone while being looked after by Kate Sullivan, a wonderful student of ours from last summer's Irish Studies Program.
Logan is gradually building up more chub around his belly, his thighs, and his upper arms. He seems just a bit longer and larger every day. One frustrating thing is how differently each brand of pampers fits him. When we run out of one type, we have to relearn how to wrap them around and fasten them securely enough that he won't wet on us completely while holding and burping him. Why can't they be 1 size fits all? Or why can't they engineer the things in a more standard way? Oh, well. At least he's such a good baby. He doesn't complain much or even cry for very long.
For the past few weeks, Logan has been smiling back at us whenever we come over to greet him. It is a consistent behavior -- his whole face lights up with euphoria as we say his name and talk to him with big smiles of our own.
Mandy is just now leaving to take him to the doctor for his shots. We hope it won't make him too fussy the rest of the day. We were hoping to try eating out at our favorite Friday night destination: Wooden Spoon, the Mennonite restaurant in Gentry. Our friends the Allens wanted to meet us there. If Logan is calm by that time, we might pull it off. We tried to eat there a few weeks ago, but the line was out the door even before they opened. We had better luck another weekend at a Thai restaurant that isn't crowded, and so we know that eating out with Logan can be done; we just have to be careful at more crowded places.
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